March 10, 2022 0 World War II’s Pre-Email E-Mail If you’re a military service member serving abroad right now, staying in touch with your loved ones [...]
March 9, 2022 0 The Crappiest Way to Scare People? It was Monday, February 12, 2019 — only a couple of days before Valentine’s Day — at around [...]
March 8, 2022 0 The Bad Reason It’s Not Treason If you were an American during the Revolutionary War, there was a very simple rule: don’t go and fight [...]
March 4, 2022 0 Thank You For Being a Friend Hi! The title above isn’t a great one for what I’m going to talk about, but it’s [...]
March 3, 2022 0 The Not So Stupid History of Dunce Caps Pictured above is a young man, likely at school, who is in trouble — given what he’s written on [...]
March 1, 2022 0 The Man With Dolphin Karma If you haven’t seen the 2005 movie “On A Clear Day,” you’re definitely not alone. [...]
February 28, 2022 0 The Golden Boxes of Cheerios Pictured above are three boxes of Cheerios, the breakfast cereal. You can probably get a current version of [...]
February 25, 2022 0 A Newsletter Not About the News Hi! The email I sent you yesterday was written before Russia invaded Ukraine, as I briefly mentioned in [...]
February 24, 2022 0 The Party That Was Its Own Invitation The Cold War began in 1947, shortly after the end of World War II. Around the globe, nations aligned as [...]
February 22, 2022 0 The Checks That Saved 75 Christmases In 2008, a man named Ted Gup received a gift from his 80-year-old mother: a large suitcase that once belonged [...]