July 16, 2018 0 Full-Circle Wikipedia The man flying through the air above is Mike Trout. He’s widely regarded as the world’s best [...]
July 13, 2018 0 The Weekender, July 13, 2018 1) “The mind-bendy weirdness of the number zero, explained” (Vox, 8 minutes, July 2018, plus a 5 [...]
July 11, 2018 0 A Really Bad Way to Become a Senator On December 15, 2015, Ohio state senator Izaha Akins visited the town of Sycamore, about an hour and a half [...]
July 10, 2018 0 Why Ottawa’s Airport is Called YOW Since 1927, Canada’s capital, Ottawa, has been serviced by an airport now known as Ottawa [...]
July 9, 2018 0 How To Fool the World Starting with Two All-Beef Patties International travel can be a bit tricky, at least when it comes to buying things. First, you often have to [...]
July 6, 2018 0 The Weekender, July 6, 2018 1) “Fatal accidents, off-the-books workers, a union once run by a mobster. The rogue world of one of [...]
July 5, 2018 0 The Backward American Flag Pictured above is a pretty fantastic image — Air Force One flying over Mount Rushmore. It’s [...]
July 3, 2018 0 How Poker (and Boredom) Can Help Solve Murders The days and life of a prison inmate can be tedious — there isn’t much to do, and the scenery [...]
July 2, 2018 0 When the Jazz Didn’t Stop Playing Jazz music is hard to define — it’s often improvisational with no clear path. But you know it [...]
June 29, 2018 0 The Weekender, June 29, 2018 1) “The Counterfeit Queen of Soul” (Smithsonian Magazine, 19 minutes, July 2018). This is the [...]