The Eagle Has Encountered Customs
The following story is meant to be humorous. The crew of Apollo 11 did not, as far as we know, have a Duty Free catalog in the Command Module.
Category: History
DC Statehood: 68.34 Square Miles of Constitutional Conundrum
Opponents of D.C. statehood, with the certainty of gospel truth, state DC statehood would require a Constitutional Amendment. I disagree. Am I right to?
The Confederate Flags of Comer’s Store
Mr. Comer used those flags to efficiently my generation into a special kind of passive, blind and “nice” racism. But racism nevertheless — on autopilot.
Election 2020 Chapter 4: The White Heat Of The Summer Campaign
Since I last wrote about this race in April, the President’s chances have only gotten worse and a blue wave is now in play as much as a Trump squeaker is.
Windrush Day in UK
Monday in the UK is Windrush Day, set aside to honor the generation of Caribbean immigrants who help rebuild Britain following World War 2.
Confederate Monuments Are Everywhere in the South. Why?
Before you protest the removal of Confederate monuments, ask yourself if you know why they were erected in the first place?
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Fire, Fury, and Frustration Edition
Every time we do this, folks will insist “This is the moment…” that everything is going to be different. God I hope it is. I pray it is. I doubt it is.
Cities Burning: Stories of Riots from 1992 and 2020
Stories from 1992 and 2020: We’re not “bad” people. But we’re not as good as we pretend, and we’re not holding ourselves to account.
The Last Confession of Jane Roe
The most passionate of all our political debates is about to get a whole new, ugly chapter in it’s long history opened up.
Silent But Deadly: Malaria in WWII
With microbes on our minds, it’s time to talk about one of the gravest threats soldiers in WWII faced — the threat of disease. Military leaders have long known that disease poses an even...
Searching for Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, best know by his stage name “Little Richard,” passed away yesterday at the age of 87.
Unbreakable Bonds
The last time the U.S. faced a global threat, Batman and Superman did their part—by becoming national pitchmen.
Here Comes the Pain, Shared and Otherwise
The real story of this present crisis is not the numerical one, but the human one.
Series! World Series of the 1940’s
Since baseball in present time is on hold for the duration, let’s resume our travels through its past. We began post-WWII and proceeded through the Nationals’ first championship in 2019
Knitting in WWII: A Photoessay
Even before Pearl Harbor, Life Magazine answered the question “What can I do to help the war effort?” with a single word: “Knit.”
The Truth Behind Dresden
Bad faith arguers/actors on the world stage unite each year in using the Dresden narrative as a bloody shirt to wave away any criticism of authoritarian regimes.
The Case for Monopoly
Board Game Symposium: If anything, Monopoly teaches that, despite your best planning, wise investment, and sound judgment, sometimes the universe has other plans (or no plan at all).
MLK Day
For this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The New Yorker compiled various pieces on the man and his legacy in their Sunday Reading
Dorie Miller: A Damn Fine Name for a Ship
The fourth Ford-class Aircraft Carrier will be named for Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris “Dorie” Miller, the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for his actions during the Pearl Harbor attack.
