June 4, 2018 0 When a Calendar Defeated Russia in the Olympics If you were to turn your calendar to January 7th, you’d likely see the words “Christmas (Eastern [...]
June 1, 2018 0 The Weekender, June 1, 2018 1) “A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses” (New York Times, 18 minutes, May [...]
May 31, 2018 0 The Little TV Accident that Made Miami Golden In the fall of 1984, NBC debuted a new TV show featuring a pair of police officers who were very [...]
May 30, 2018 0 How the Soviet Union Saved Vulcan Vulcan is an M-class planet (or, was, if you think Chris Pine is more Kirk than William Shatner) in the [...]
May 29, 2018 0 The Restaurant With A Rotating Grandma On The Menu When it comes to comfort food, near the top of your list is probably one of your grandmother’s [...]
May 25, 2018 0 The Weekender, May 25, 2018 1) “An Open Letter to Wikipedia” by Philip Roth (The New Yorker, 11 minutes, September 2012). [...]
May 24, 2018 0 How The Dead Brought Death To Norway The Black Death — or simply the Plague — was shockingly devastating. It spread throughout Europe, [...]
May 23, 2018 0 An Indian Village’s Unique Strategy to Hold Alcoholism in Check Thrissur is a city in India, located in the state of Kerala near the Arabian Sea coast. If you travel about [...]
May 22, 2018 0 A Ghastly Version of a Common Rideshare Scam Uber, Lyft, and other similar services have quickly become a common way to get around. If you’re in or near [...]
May 21, 2018 0 How Strawberries with Sugar Ravaged Portugal As May progresses, school children around the world (okay, in the Northern Hemisphere at least) are preparing [...]