Historic Photo: Two great liners, Olympic and Mauretania, about to die.
Two of the greatest-ever ocean liners are about to be sent to the scrap yards.
The Verge
A brief history of Presidential debates.
There's no evidence that they matter, but they certainly are memorable.
Historic Painting: “Pollice Verso” by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872.
"AM I NOT MERCIFUL??!!!?!?!?"
The fall of American conservatism.
The conservative movement, as exemplified by Goldwater and Reagan, is moribund because it mistook campaign messaging for actual policy.
Sunn Classic Pictures: how a movie studio introduced America to fake history.
A bunch of schlocky "documentaries" from a 1970s fly-by-night film studio were not just harmless entertainment.
Boldly going nowhere: the checkered career of the space shuttle Enterprise.
What can you do with a spaceship that can't fly in space? Not much, it turns out.
Historic Photo: Summer Jam Festival at Watkins Glen, NY, 1973.
The great youth-oriented music festival attracted a staggering 600,000 people, including one who contacted me.