Diana Mitford, 1932
The outrageous Mitfords of World War II You might think that your family fights over politics are bad, but you’ve probably got nothing on the infamous…
Category: General Interest
Commonwealth or state?
There are four commonwealths among the 50 states. In terms of rights, taxes, and representation there is zero difference between a commonwealth and a…
The 8,000 year story of your sweater
When you break out your warm clothes every winter or fondly remember the hand-knitted sweaters that your grandmother made for you when you were a kid,…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mar�a Corina Machado: The hope for Venezuelan democracy
The grandmothers of Venezuela have never met their grandchildren. Nearly 9 million of the country’s children and grandchildren — more than 30 percent of…
Your zodiac sign might not be what you think it is
For millennia, humans have looked to the stars for answers about life’s big questions. Priests in ancient Babylon scoured the heavens, looking for omens…
A fair Puritan by E. Percy Moran, 1897
Who were the Puritans, really? The Puritans are remembered for many things, the first Thanksgiving among them. But more than four centuries later,…
That AI chatbot is not your best friend
If you think about it, children are constantly complimented for the smallest behaviors, but adults? Not so much– unless they are talking to an AI…
How many gadgets do you need to check the weather?
The kids were excited when they got their new voice assistants but a week later — and for ever after — they merely used it as an alarm clock. A new…
What happens when an F-16 says ‘Hi’
Imagine tooling along on a beautiful day in your snazzy Cessna 177 Cardinal aircraft. You are having a little radio trouble, so you are fiddling with the…
A dating app — but for friendship
Dating apps are ubiquitous these days and its certainly possible to find friends with them, but wouldn’t it be nice to have an app that ditched the…