“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
From June 6th to 9th, 1912, the most spectacular eruption in recorded history and the
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
If you are a writer, you should pay homage to the figure on the right.
So little is known about the Alaska Gold Rush that most Americans think the Klondike
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
where the temperature gets all the way down to 65!, in most of Alaska, 65
This is one of those “Really?!” photographs. This is actually an excellent representation of our
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now: COVID19, race riots, high unemployment,
Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
Quick, millenials, what is this? And why did your grandparents always take a pen to
Just a bunch of Eskimos, right? It’s one of those pictures you’d stumble upon in
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
