“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
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
This photograph intrigues me. Why? Because these salmon left this stream five years ago when
It is easy to talk about ‘the good old days.’ Unfortunately those memories are only
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
Alaskans have a unique folk art, it’s called “absurding.” Alaskans get tired of hearing tourists
Of course, it’s the sphinx. Everyone knows that. Everyone. Since the beginning of time. Really?
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
If you live in New York, you will instantly recognize this building. If you don’t
It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now: COVID19, race riots, high unemployment,
If you are a writer, you should pay homage to the figure on the right.
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
