Hurricanes, forest fires, pandemics, and social unrest make for an interesting time to be alive. The irony is that the two areas of knowledge most likely to help us understand our rapidly changing world, science, and history, are two of the most controversial and least respected fields of le… Read more
The United States Postal Service (USPS, aka the Post Office, U.S. Mail) was converted, shortly after its initial establishment in 1775, to a cabinet-level agency, one of the departments of the… Read more
There is nothing prettier than autumn in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Read more
I have to say I am a big fan of October weather. It is, after all, a transitional month, which often leads to an interesting variety of weather – from the remnants of summer warmth during a cl… Read more
It’s a milestone anniversary: 75 years since the end of World War II, our emergence as the dominant global economic power, and the last time our national debt was actually greater than the val… Read more
We are now in autumn’s climatic transitions: falling foliage, diminishing daylight, frost and freeze, a daily chill, and the rhythms of life cycles of plants and animals. Plants are releasing … Read more
Even if we don’t feel on these COVID-19 days as though we’ve been anywhere or are going anywhere, we are still always coming home from somewhere. Read more
Nate Silver, the data-crunching math nerd who runs the FiveThirtyEight website, has calculated that President Trump can win the current presidential election even if he gets up to 5 million fe… Read more
The limitations on treating friends and family to a meal during COVID-19 are going to be sticking around for a while. I like the idea of dinner on the porch with a simple meal that does not re… Read more
