The strangest Christmas: my experiences in the great PNW snowstorm of 2008. This reminiscence is a special treat for my paid subscribers. Thank you and happy holidays!
The plane that won't quit: celebrating the Douglas DC-3. Over 150 DC-3s are still flying today in 2023, nearly 90 years after the first one went aloft. That's amazing!
Greed and Glitter: a journey through 1980s cinema, in 25 films. (Part I) Part I of my series on what the cinema of the 1980s means, and where best to see it.
Historic Photo: New Orleans waterfront, 1900. This fascinating look shows us the busy economic life of the South's largest port at the turn of the last century.
Day before infamy: December 6, 1941. We all know what happened the morning after. What was Saturday, December 6, 1941 like?
Why the COP28 climate change talks are a farce, a fraud and an insult. On Dec. 12, when UN Secretary-General Guterres reports yet another dismal failure to deal with the climate crisis, just laugh at him. He doesn't get it.