December 2, 2020 0 The First Female Senator (For a Day) On June 4, 1919, the United States Senate passed what would become the 19th Amendment, giving women the right [...]
December 1, 2020 0 Return Doo Sender The Spanish town of Brunete is a community just outside the country’s capital city of Madrid, and [...]
November 30, 2020 0 The Ultimate Toys R Us Kid? In the fall and winter of 2004, a man named John built a reputation for himself at his North Carolina church. [...]
November 27, 2020 0 The Weekender, November 27, 2020 Hi! This is my vacation week — re-runs on Monday through Wednesday, nothing but turkey-eating [...]
November 20, 2020 0 The Weekender, November 20, 2020 Hi! Next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m [...]
November 19, 2020 0 The Pothole Vigilante The Canadian town of Stellarton is located in the northern part of Nova Scotia. It’s an old [...]
November 18, 2020 0 The “I’m Not In Washington” Defense The red area in the map above is Whatcom County, Washington, and as you can see, it is in the northwest of [...]
November 17, 2020 0 How Did the Squirrel Cross the Road? The old (and kind of nonsensical) joke asks, “why did the chicken cross the road?” And it kind of [...]
November 13, 2020 0 The Weekender, November 13, 2020 Hi! On Tuesday, I had a couple of weird mistakes in the story. The more significant of the two came at [...]
November 12, 2020 0 Mr. Rogers Shares a Pool The man pictured to the right, above, hopefully, requires no introduction. That’s Fred Rogers, the host [...]