“You have a problem with AI and want to go back to the ‘Good Old Days?”
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
My favorite quote from ALICE IN WONDERLAND has become my motto as an historian and
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
You think this flu season is bad? Not a chance! 100 years ago, America suffered
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United
Some things never change. From the moment of the birth of the internet, the first
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
