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The Men Behind the Toppled Statues
Who thought is was a good idea to celebrate the lives of racists, colonialists and slave traders? Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Albert Pike, Edward Carmack, Edward Colston, history, Junipero Serra, monuments, protesters, racism, statues
5 Comments
These Guys Were Supreme Court Justices?!!
Bigotry and incompetence on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading
How I Came to Spend the Pandemic Thinking About Winston Churchill
Reviews of recent works by Candice Millard and Eric Larson Continue reading
The Jukebox Story: Rise and Fall
The impact of technical, economic and cultural changes. Continue reading
The Jukebox Story: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?
Was it the inventor of the “nickel-in-the-slot” machine? Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert K. Keller, automatic phonograph, Charles Adams Randall, history, juke joints, jukebox, Louis Glass, music, phonograph
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Let’s Social Distance and Quarantine Like It’s 1918
The doctors, deniers and poets of the Spanish flu pandemic. Continue reading
Blame Ben Franklin: The History of For-Profit Colleges
The commercial for-profit college business is older than the United States itself. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Bryant & Stratton, colleges, commercial college, education, for-profit colleges, history, Strayer University
3 Comments
What to Think of Thomas Edison
The man, the book, the movie Continue reading
The Bloomers: Baseball’s Barnstorming Women
The Bloomer Girls didn’t always win, but they filled the ball parks wherever they played.
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Posted in Baseball, History, Sports
Tagged baseball, Bloomer Girls, Edith Houghton, history, New York Bloomer Girls, Philadelphia Bobbies, Western Bloomer Girls
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