Significant Documents Of Human History
As man has evolved through the millennium, he has searched for ways to live in diverse communities with tolerance and equanimity. We continue to...
Category: History
Ancient Mounds
Most of us have a very limited knowledge of North American history. This ‘New World’ was discovered by Columbus in 1492, and he found [&h...
Remembering Y2K
It’s time for a historic non-event. What better than the dire warnings and near-panic as we approached the end of the 20th century. An [...
Old Time Radio
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself!” It was early 1933. Unemployment had soared. Men, once wealthy, now penniless, jumped from buildings. Banks [&h...
Separate but Equal – Homer Plessy
You should have known Homer…he was a special young man, born just as the Civil War was ending. He had never been a slave, [...
Aaron Burr
The musical Hamilton introduced theatregoers to Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. But Burr’s place in history [...
Economic Rollercoasters
Our economy is at it again…inflation, recession, stagnation…too much of this, too little of that…an uncertain financial future. It’s called a ‘business cycle’ and [&hellip...
The Ebb and Flow of Antisemitism
As a child growing up in the 1930s I wasn’t aware of the scope of anti-Jewish feelings around the world…the zoning restrictions, the unwillingness [&h...
The 20th Century – Looking Ahead
I have written snippets on each of the decades of the 20th century and since “the past is prologue” I decided to look ahead [&h...
Departing the 19th Century
We’ve come of age accepting a near-vertical technology curve. Social media records our lives. Devices monitor our steps and our heartbeats. A.I. algorithms predict [...