The Automobile
There wouldn’t have been the 20th century industrial miracle in the United States and the world without the automobile. In 1886 Carl Benz produced [...
Category: The United States
Body Art
There is a plethora of generational differences in our society…music, movies, foods, and more. My generation was neither organic, vegan, nor gluten-free. Our music [...
The Ubiquitous “They”
Somewhere along life’s road as I meandered through my ’80 is the new 50’ fantasy, I became aware that ‘they’ had become a singular [&hellip...
What’s Left?
For my entire life I’ve been part of a small, mostly silent minority, jeered at, discriminated against…and all because I’m left-handed. Now, being left-handed [&hel...
Movie Stars Few People Still Remember
The Golden Age of Hollywood! Stars like Cary Grant, John Wayne, and Betty Davis…luminaries. But for every A-list star there was a bevy of [...
Comedy
With all the insanity in the world…Israel and Hamas, Ukraine and Russia, Republicans and Republicans, I thought it was time to revisit how comedy [...
The Saturday Matinee
In the decades both before, and after, the Second World War, across cities and small towns alike, Saturday belonged to the kids. Most often...
For The Love Of Flying
Ever since man walked erect, he’s looked upward to the skies…to the freedom of the birds flying above the earth, framed against the white [&h...
Hawaii
As much of Maui, and most of Lahaina, lie in ruins, it is likely that most of us have no idea how a small...
A Decade Of New Years
January 1st 2024 – We begin the year in chaos…at the border, in the Middle East and Ukraine, and in our political dysfunction. January [&h...