Articles by Dan Lewis

    In 1966, Japan instituted a state holiday called “Respect for the Aged Day,” a day [...]

It was the early 1990s. After years of relative peace following the non-violent overthrow of Ferdinand [...]

In late 1621, about four or five dozen Pilgrims — settlers in the New World from England — and [...]

    From 1967 until their breakup in 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival (“CCR”) was a [...]

    An average milk cow produces the equivalent of 350,000 cups of milk over her [...]

    The requirements for obtaining a marriage license in the state of New York are rather boring. [...]

    On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk made an announcement which turned him into a household name: [...]

    The phrase “canary in the coal mine” means to serve as a warning to others. The [...]

    For decades, the United States has waged what is often termed the “War on Drugs,” [...]

In the movie The Shawshank Redemption (and if you haven’t seen it yet, stop reading, because I’m [...]