Mark Twain
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
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
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
One of the untold dramas of the Alaska Gold Rush was the building of the
People ask me why I titled my book WALRUS WITH A GOLD TOOTH. Because there
July 22, 2016, was the centennial of the first act of terrorism in American history.
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
In 1912, so many Americans were furious with both the Democratic and Republican parties that
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
This is the Culebra Cut during construction of the Panama Canal. The United States Army
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
Here’s a trick question: Who was the first President of the United States. For most
Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was desperately trying to finish
