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History is for Girls is in need of some beauty rest. We will awake refreshed early in 2017.

Kathryn Kovalenko January 1, 2017 Features No Comments Read more

Historic Astringent: Urine Therapy

Historic Astringent: Urine Therapy

“Drink water from your own cistern ….”  Proverbs 5:15.  This verse was interpreted literally by John W. Armstrong in the early 20th century.  Armstrong grew up in a family that regularly used urine to treat everything from toothaches to stinging nettles.  Although people

Cherie Washburn July 29, 2015 Business and Pleasure, Features, Recurring Features 2 Comments Read more

The Griswold Inn: The Nation’s Oldest Tavern

The Griswold Inn: The Nation’s Oldest Tavern

Every part of this great nation has local history worth exploring, but, when visiting New England, the history is all-encompassing.  You can see it a along the Freedom Trail in Boston.  You smell it on the salty sea breezes that

Rebecca Wetzel July 25, 2015 Epicurean Escapades, Features, Recurring Features No Comments Read more

Movie Review: The Imitation Game

Movie Review:  The Imitation Game

Over the past seventy years, there have been many outstanding movies about World War II.  Typically, those movies focus on the battlefield heroics of the soldiers on the ground.  The Imitation Game focuses instead on the behind the scenes work

Rebecca Wetzel July 20, 2015 Book and Movie Reviews, Features, Recurring Features 1 Comment Read more

Fourth of July: What If?

Fourth of July:  What If?

The Fourth of July is traditionally a day filled with family, food, and fireworks.  This post is designed add a little intellectual fun to your celebration by offering some patriotic conversation starters.  As you enjoy fireworks and picnics, give your brain

Jamee Wetzel July 4, 2015 Features 1 Comment Read more

Book Review: Descartes’ Bones by Russell Shorto

Book Review: Descartes’ Bones by Russell Shorto

While some may believe that history is simply an accounting of factual events, most of us are aware that there are always underlying ideas and worldviews that shape those events.  Descartes’ Bones explores that intersection of philosophy, faith and science. Renee Descartes is often

Jamee Wetzel May 31, 2015 Book and Movie Reviews, Recurring Features No Comments Read more

Sticky Suffering: The Great Molasses Flood

Sticky Suffering: The Great Molasses Flood

On January 15, 1919, after hours of rescue attempts by his fellow firefighters, George Leahey drowned … in a sea of molasses.  George Leahey was one of 21 people killed in Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919. The exact cause of this bizarre

Jamee Wetzel May 28, 2015 Disaster Series, Features 1 Comment Read more

Yuengling: America’s Oldest Brewery

Yuengling: America’s Oldest Brewery

I grew up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It is a place where coal is hard and lungs are black. It is also the home of Yuengling: America’s Oldest Brewery. The anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania was built on the

Rebecca Wetzel May 18, 2015 Epicurean Escapades, Recurring Features 1 Comment Read more

Book Review: Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Book Review: Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery, an autobiography by Booker T. Washington, is an inspiring book about motivation, instruction and the belief in oneself.  As Washington recounts his life and his rise from slavery to higher education, he reminds 21st century readers of the

Rebecca Pitre April 24, 2015 Book and Movie Reviews, Recurring Features No Comments Read more

Royal Crush: Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary

Royal Crush: Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary

No, this is not an article about Prince Harry, although that English Royal has many hearts skipping a beat. And this is not an article about a once heinous royal choice of execution wherein a suspect would have heavier and

Jamee Wetzel April 22, 2015 Features No Comments Read more
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