“Yes, Dorothy, there is such a thing as fake news.”

“Yes, Dorothy, there is such a thing as fake news.”

I, as an Alaskan, am outraged some people are giving fake news a bad name. 

“So, you think you got it bad?”

“So, you think you got it bad?”

One of the easiest things to do is complain.  And the people who do it

“It can happen here!  It has happened here!  It might happen here again!”

“It can happen here! It has happened here! It might happen here again!”

One of the easiest things to do is believe “it can’t happen here.”  Well, it

You CAN be in two places at the same time!

You CAN be in two places at the same time!

On December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips in command of the SS Warrimoo discovered he

The Return to Ballyhoo II!

The Return to Ballyhoo II!

After the death of Harry Reichenbach, the leading ballyhooer of the era was Jim Moran,

Resurgence of the Ballyhoo

Resurgence of the Ballyhoo

Ballyhoo.  Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day.  At least not yet. It’s

Not Everything is as it Seems

Not Everything is as it Seems

A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was

Newspapers: a century of no change at all

Newspapers: a century of no change at all

This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy.  He was the Yahoo of

“Got guts?”

“Got guts?”

Unless you know your Egyptology, these are just four statues in a box. These are

“Who’s your daddy?”

“Who’s your daddy?”

There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are.  The implication

When you make a mistake, admit it. Correct it.  Move on.

When you make a mistake, admit it. Correct it. Move on.

In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in

Grandma!  Was that you?

Grandma! Was that you?

As an historian of the decade of the teens, this is one of my favorite