Giving Sonny Bono his due

Giving Sonny Bono his due

It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate

Making NOTHING SOMETHING

Making NOTHING SOMETHING

Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings

American English, the hardest language to learn

American English, the hardest language to learn

My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the

Make America great again.

Make America great again.

Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins.   BIG transactions

You fill in the face!

You fill in the face!

In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss

Beware of what you believe to be true~

Beware of what you believe to be true~

If you live in New York, you will instantly recognize this building. If you don’t

Please, Bear with me

Please, Bear with me

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek.  The bear, that is. He was

ONLY A MONKEY IS SMILING

ONLY A MONKEY IS SMILING

Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to

READ YOUR HISTORY!

READ YOUR HISTORY!

In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected

Read your history!

Read your history!

One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men

“When truth is stranger than fiction.”

“When truth is stranger than fiction.”

Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young

“Party on!”

“Party on!”

Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just