BELINDA MULROONEY—KLONDIKE QUEEN OF HOSPITALITY PART 2
YESTERDAY, SMITHSONIAN’S MELANIE HAIKEN BEGAN “a swashbuckling story… that saw Mulrooney help build a city, make and lose several fortunes, and leave a lasting legacy as a Yukon pioneer.” Today … Continue reading
BELINDA MULROONEY—HOSPITALITY QUEEN OF THE KLONDIKE PART 1
IT’S OFT OBSERVED THAT real wealth in gold rushes came not to the pick-and-shovelers, but rather to the entrepreneurs selling these utensils. Smithsonian Magazine‘s Melanie Haiken offers an entrepreneurial variation … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY LISTENING TO ORSON WELLES performing in a Suspense! broadcast of The Dark Tower, a Kaufman and Woollcott melodrama. Today in Part 2, there’s the original … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 1
AS RECENTLY SHOWN, MY SIRIUSXM “RADIO CLASSICS” listening habits occasionally lead to additional Internet sleuthing. This time around, it’s a 1944 Suspense! presentation of The Dark Tower, a radio melodrama … Continue reading
MAY I SERVE YOU?
BILL LANCASTER IS A SOCIAL HISTORIAN, author, and reader of London Review of Books. “Are You Being Served?” is a recent contribution of his to the LRB Letters column, October … Continue reading
PORCINE MATTERS
“PIGS,” WIKIPEDIA DESCRIBES, “have been featured in human culture since Neolithic time, appearing in art and literature for children and adults….” BBC History magazine, October 2024, had a related article, … Continue reading
JOHN HONEYMAN—GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DOUBLE AGENT PART 2
YESTERDAY PART 1 INTRODUCED US TO John Honeyman, George Washington’s double agent who played a crucial role in turning the tide of the American Revolution. Today in Part 2 is … Continue reading
JOHN HONEYMAN—GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DOUBLE AGENT PART 1
NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE FOUND in a variety of places. Recently on SiriusXM “Radio Classics,” mention was made in a vintage “Lux Theatre” broadcast of a Revolutionary War spy named … Continue reading
NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION CAME TO MIND when I read David Dayen in The New York Times, October 22, 2024: “Back in June, Oklahoma’s superintendent for public instruction, Ryan Walters, ordered every … Continue reading
YET ANOTHER COLLECTOR CAR FOR ZELENSKYY???
YOU MIGHT RECALL FUGITIVE EX-U.S. COP John Marc Dougan, who runs the Kremlin’s disinformation network from Moscow. (Just the turncoat jackass one might trust, eh? Sorta a Fox News personified). … Continue reading
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