“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
Hollywood aficionados will immediately recognize Louise Brooks. Her beauty is timeless. She was an icon
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name.
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
I’ll bet you are thinking what I was thinking when I first saw this children’s
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
In 1887, in Argonia, Kansas, a group of men decided to ‘pull a fast one.’
There is a golden age of innovation, literature and art coming! How do I know?
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of
This is a sight that, sadly, is more than an historic snapshot of the past.
[huge_it_video_player id="5"] To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (If you’re a millennial,
Actually, it is. Before 1966, Catholics were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. So,
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad