Today, eastern Massachusetts celebrates Patriots Day. The holiday marks the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) that began the American Revolution. Patriots Day is also Boston Marathon day,…
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), the lawyer who defended evolution in the infamous ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’, has a birth date that fitted him: April 18, the anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous ride. …
Note: ‘We’re a little late, folks…:’ In days not long gone, the Boston home opener halted business and school life across the Red Sox Nation. Who had tickets dominated conversations…
‘Timeless’ is never an apt description of an image; its essence is the opposite. Major league baseball photos, more than any others, because they are almost always datable to a…
The fevered debates on the Federal budget, ‘entitlements’, high-speed rail construction we are now enduring have their origins in the Jefferson Administration which began the 19th century. Internal Improvements…
Snark Alert: This post contains a lot more snark than I usually allow myself. No apology; just the fact. The Economist comes late to my mailbox. So, I…
Former Walloomsac Inn, Bennington, Vt. 4/2011 They say we should beware of people who buy ink by the barrel, usually meaning journalists and media barons. But there are other owner-operators…
Everyone’s heard the phrase, ‘rich as Croesus’. Very few know that Croesus was the last king of the Lydians 2600 years ago. A lecture on March 30th at…
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