History

This red snake is longer than two of the greatest Roman walls put together and reflects a fear of the civilized world — It’s hard not to notice, but people are afraid. As usual, it tends to be reflected in their entertainment choices. Zombies and dystopian futures are popular. And while this may be a fad, I think it hides something deeper. Ever since humans have come together in civilized communities with laws…

Gut-Wrenching Moments That Define Our Darkest Past. — Frequently, we release compilations that extol noteworthy occurrences in human history — narratives depicting triumph over illnesses, calamities, and similar adversities. However, regrettably, history also encompasses events that necessitate remembrance to avoid repetition, still we fervently desire they had never transpired. In this compilation we will look at some of…

In the 1950s you could buy your kid radioactive samples for fun — As a child, I remember reading the warning messages on plastic shopping bags: ‘This bag is not a toy, keep away from children’. I found this statement hilarious. Of course a plastic shopping bag is not a toy. At the time, I was too young to appreciate the reason for…

The Dodgers will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their “Legendary Infield” — first baseman Steve Garvey, second baseman Davey Lopes, shortstop Bill Russell and third baseman Ron Cey — the Major League-record-setting group who started across the diamond for 8 ½ seasons from 1973–1981. Garvey, Russell and Cey will reunite…

A fraught history of violence, threats, and persecution — Countries surround Japan with millions of Christian adherents. The Philippines is the world’s fifth-largest Christian nation, with 93% of the population identifying with the faith. Korea’s population is 29% Christian. Even China, where Christianity is banned, has a 2.5% representation, with over 44 million suspected Christians practicing their faith illegally…

Seventy-nine years ago, Allied forces landed across dozens of miles of beaches in Normandy, France. The landings were supported by paratroopers from both the famed 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. These soldiers from the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia began their moral crusade against a very…

Have you encountered these banned masterpieces? — From the cobblestone streets of Venice to the buzzing underground markets of New York, I’ve journeyed far and wide to bring these creative rebels together. Each work, each piece of artistic audacity that’s found its way into this sanctuary has been labeled an outlaw, condemned by the guardians of public…

Stop telling yourself that “everything is okay” because you know it’s not — I had a couple of conversations over the weekend that got me thinking. One was with the father of a girl who plays on one of my daughter’s teams. He has a black daughter, and I got the impression that we have had some similar experiences with racism in our…

A better America means reckoning with our past. — One of the more absurd things President Biden has ever said on race issues is that Trump was the first racist president. “No sitting president has ever done this [referring to one of Trump’s antagonistic ‘China virus’ remarks] … Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic…