January 25, 2019 0 The Weekender, January 25, 2019 1) “The Plot Against the Principality of Sealand” (Narratively, 88 minutes, January 2019). If I [...]
January 23, 2019 0 A Fine Way to Encourage Reading Imagine a bookstore that worked on a membership program — instead of buying books, you rented them. And [...]
January 22, 2019 0 Harry Potter and the Uniform of Temporal Distortion Daniel Radcliffe isn’t a wizard — he just played one in the “Harry Potter” movies. In [...]
January 18, 2019 0 The Weekender, January 18, 2019 1) “The Boston Molasses Flood Is Worth Taking Seriously” (Atlas Obscura, 11 minutes, January [...]
January 16, 2019 0 How Tesla’s Death Ray Killed a Bill Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in modern day Croatia. He was one of the most innovative people of his time; [...]
January 15, 2019 0 The Last Civil War Checks The American Civil War was a low point for the nation, dividing the loyalty of states, of communities, and in [...]
January 14, 2019 0 The Intentionally Bad Novel That Became a Best Seller If you take a look at the list of top-selling fiction writers of all time, the top two are hardly a surprise [...]
January 11, 2019 0 The Weekender, January 11, 2019 1) “Elwood, Illinois (Pop. 2,200), Has Become a Vital Hub of America’s Consumer Economy. And It’s [...]
January 9, 2019 0 How to Beat Traffic in Moscow As a general rule, when you hear or see an ambulance behind you, you should pull over to let it pass. Not [...]
January 8, 2019 0 Why You Can’t Make a Phone Call with a Calculator Pictured below is a screenshot from an iPhone. It’s of one of the least-used features of what is, [...]