Historic Photo: Kids at an L.A. Halloween Party, 1935.
This is what Halloween looked like 89 years ago.
The Outer Garden
A mid-autumn blog hiatus.
You won't hear from me for a few days, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes.
Watch “Roundhay Garden Scene,” the world’s very first motion picture—all 2 seconds of it.
This 2-second clip launched the entirety of world cinema.
The real “King’s Speech”: George VI addresses Britain at the start of World War II.
Hear the actual speech as he made it on September 3, 1939.
Update: The WOW! Signal Solved.
I missed a major piece of scholarship explaining the fascinating 1977 celestial event.
First contact for real? The enduring mystery of the WOW! Signal.
On August 15, 1977, humanity detected a signal of some kind from deep space. Its origin remains a tantalizing mystery.
When history gives us a new precedent.
Biden shattered U.S. historical precedent on Sunday. What does it mean going forward?