Lockdown Protests are the Epitome of Money-Driven Anti-Intellectualism

1840 and The Lie That Changed America

Americans are, sadly, all too accustomed to lying presidents. Donald Trump tells a fib almost…

Arnold Genthe’s Diaphanous Imagery

The Cat and The Corn Dog: A True Fable

Impatience is my most persistent character flaw. When I was younger, fantasizing about…

Microfiction: “Short-Lived”

A very short story about life, death, and everything in-between.

Knock-Knock, 1936-Infinity

These trying times require a little levity, so how about a knock-knock joke?

Donald Trump is the Definition of “Trump”

The Old French explains the American president.

Found in the LOC: 5 Alcoholism PSAs, 1972–1976

The government once funded PSAs about alcoholism.

Carson McCullers, Remembered

Carson McCullers, author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding, would be 101 today.

John Kennedy’s 1959 TV Predictions Were Spot-On