February 16, 2018 0 The Weekender, February 16, 2018 1) “The Sound and the Fury: Inside the Mystery of the Havana Embassy” (ProPublica, 37 minutes, [...]
February 14, 2018 0 The Bronze Medal Which Took Fifty Years to Win If you are watching the 2018 Winter Olympic Games on TV, you’ve likely seen at least a few minutes of ski [...]
February 13, 2018 0 The Florida City Fueled by Soda Gadsen County, Florida, is nestled in the state’s panhandle just south of the Georgia border. It’s a [...]
February 12, 2018 0 The Wrong Richard at the Wrong Time It was 1999. The location: Kansas City, Kansas. The crime? As CNN described it, a “trio of crack smokers [...]
February 9, 2018 0 The Weekender, February 9, 2018 1) “Why I Bought a Costco Membership for the Woman About Whom Paul Ryan Made a Stupid Tweet.” [...]
February 7, 2018 0 How Bazooka Joe Lost a Baseball Glove The Major League Baseball season runs from April to October, roughly. On Friday, July 19, 1957, the Milwaukee [...]
February 6, 2018 0 The Struggle to Preserve What History Smells Like You’re reading these words on your phone, computer, or another device; or maybe you printed it out and are [...]
February 5, 2018 0 The Day Care Fine that Backfired Blue Man Group, if you’re unfamiliar with them, is an eclectic performance art troupe. Their shows are, [...]
February 2, 2018 0 The Weekender, February 2, 2018 1) “There’s No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl” (GQ, 24 minutes, October 2013). First, [...]
January 31, 2018 0 The Man Who Owned Google for a Minute Every day, millions if not billions of people around the world use Google to search their way around the [...]