“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
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
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.
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
They’re not. They are Lumbee Indians from North Carolina. On January 18, 1958, James W.
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
This is the Culebra Cut in what would become the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal
This is the interior of a real Alaska Gold Rush saloon. It was in Koyukuk
Just another old photo, eh? Well, old photos hide stunning truths. This is my mother’s
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was making the sign of
This is a portrait of Bass Reeves. He was the first black Deputy United States
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and