“And you think you’ve got a tough job?”
The most popular boogey man right now is AI. AI, “Artificial Intelligence” is supposed to
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
How can a man drown in a hot air balloon? Can a boxcar disappear off a moving train, and is
The most popular boogey man right now is AI. AI, “Artificial Intelligence” is supposed to
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
Probably. But then again, it could said the archaeologist examining his corpse might have spilled
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
Nome has no forests so if you need to build a home with local material,
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt. One of her
If you are a writer, you should pay homage to the figure on the right.
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka is famous for his admonition that humanity is best served by
Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together. Can you identify the man
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
Mary Dyer was the first woman in American history to be hanged. In 1685, she
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
Just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, a booming metropolis of 26,255 in 2010,
This is the interior of a real Alaska Gold Rush saloon. It was in Koyukuk
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
Some things never change. From the moment of the birth of the internet, the first