Category Archives: History
Transformative Power of Trans Fats
Heartwarming Memories Tis the season for trans fats….tra la la la la! What better time of year to don your apron, and get busy in your kitchen, baking heartwarming holiday treats to fill your home and heart with the comforting
Transformative Power of Trans Fats
Heartwarming Memories Tis the season for trans fats….tra la la la la! What better time of year to don your apron, and get busy in your kitchen, baking heartwarming holiday treats to fill your home and heart with the comforting
Mail Order Madness…Gifts and Guns Galore
Christmas catalogs have long been a cherished staple in the American home. Just like today, the mid-century housewife flipped through the pages of her favorite catalogue and enjoyed the ease of shopping the telephone way with a whole department store
Mail Order Madness…Gifts and Guns Galore
Christmas catalogs have long been a cherished staple in the American home. Just like today, the mid-century housewife flipped through the pages of her favorite catalogue and enjoyed the ease of shopping the telephone way with a whole department store
Coloring In The Truth
Color me Conservative It’s a Christmas miracle! Just in time for that All-American holiday Christmas, appears the perfect gift- just right for your right-wing child. Forget Flutterbye Fairies, Furby Boom or Big Hugs Elmo. This years “gotta have” present for
Coloring In The Truth
Color me Conservative It’s a Christmas miracle! Just in time for that All-American holiday Christmas, appears the perfect gift- just right for your right-wing child. Forget Flutterbye Fairies, Furby Boom or Big Hugs Elmo. This years “gotta have” present for
Remembering Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday December 7, 1941 was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared permanently in the memory of the greatest generation, including
Remembering Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday December 7, 1941 was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared permanently in the memory of the greatest generation, including
A Vintage Vacation in Apartheid South Africa
A Long Trip to Equality Nelson Mandela’s lasting legacy will always be the abolition of apartheid in South Africa It is hard to imagine, but in that brutal time period of 1950s apartheid, as the dark reality of repressive laws
A Vintage Vacation in Apartheid South Africa
A Long Trip to Equality Nelson Mandela’s lasting legacy will always be the abolition of apartheid in South Africa It is hard to imagine, but in that brutal time period of 1950s apartheid, as the dark reality of repressive laws
Heating the American Dream
As the winter chill begins to set in and we reluctantly turn up the costly heat, its hard to imagine that in mid century America oil was still the biggest bargain in American’s budget. The second Sunday in October
Heating the American Dream
As the winter chill begins to set in and we reluctantly turn up the costly heat, its hard to imagine that in mid century America oil was still the biggest bargain in American’s budget. The second Sunday in October
Christmas- The True Festival of Lights
The coincidence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving this year has set things off balance, and finally given the Jews an edge in the Festival of Lights. Normally, while Jews across the country begin celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Christians have
Christmas- The True Festival of Lights
The coincidence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving this year has set things off balance, and finally given the Jews an edge in the Festival of Lights. Normally, while Jews across the country begin celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Christians have
50 Years of Gun Violence- R.I.P.
Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page ad in the Sunday NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it ended. The hopeful ad appeared one year
50 Years of Gun Violence- R.I.P.
Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page ad in the Sunday NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it ended. The hopeful ad appeared one year
JFK- A Third Grader Remembers November 22, 1963
While others relied on Walter Cronkite for their news of the Kennedy Assassination, My Weekly Reader was the newspaper of record for the grade-school set. The popular publication was a weekly newspaper that covered current event for elementary school children.
JFK- A Third Grader Remembers November 22, 1963
While others relied on Walter Cronkite for their news of the Kennedy Assassination, My Weekly Reader was the newspaper of record for the grade-school set. The popular publication was a weekly newspaper that covered current event for elementary school children.
JFK Assasination – Transfixed by TV
History was compressed into a single weekend that November. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like a relentless
JFK Assasination – Transfixed by TV
History was compressed into a single weekend that November. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like a relentless
Envisioning The American Dream 