“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
Every historical era has its acronyms, legends and heroes. If you are a millennial, it
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a miserable day.
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Spooky, eh? He’s Jasper Maskelyne and he made a modest living as a magician until
One of the easiest things to do is complain. And the people who do it
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Actually, it is. Before 1966, Catholics were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. So,
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
