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Renaissance Festivals Return Merrymakers to the Past May. 11, 2025
By Victor Block I recently joined about 3,000 other spectators watching armor-clad horseback-riders ... Read More
Holiday Celebrations Around the World Nov. 25, 2023
By Victor Block Model boats are decorated with brightly glimmering lights. Women sprinkle water scen... Read More
Save Money and See the Sights in Someone Else's Home Nov. 11, 2023
By Victor Block One summer my family spent 10 fun-filled days on a 60-acre "gentleman's farm" in Mas... Read More
Caribbean Parfumerie Experience Comes to the States Oct. 07, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman So there I was in my white lab coat examining the 40 different vials and trying t... Read More
Find Black Heritage in Richmond, Indiana Sep. 17, 2023
By Glenda Winders A city in the east-central part of Indiana might not be the first place you'd thin... Read More
Eastern Indiana City Is Rich in Reasons to Visit Sep. 16, 2023
By Glenda Winders My husband and I had gone to Richmond, Indiana, to learn about Black history, and ... Read More
History and Nature Delight in Scotland Sep. 10, 2023
By Victor Block The first thing that impressed my wife, Fyllis, and me about the area of Scotland we... Read More
Old Traditions Are Alive and Well in Scotland Sep. 09, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman Ask anyone what they think of when they think of Scotland, and they'll probably sa... Read More
In Trump They Trust: Bread and Circuses Aug. 30, 2023
WASHINGTON — An ancient Roman poet foresaw former President Donald Trump as a deposed ruler ra... Read More
Nixon Versus Trump: An Adventure Story Aug. 16, 2023
My mother came not to praise Nixon, but to bury him. Some 49 Augusts ago, Richard M. Nixon resigned... Read More
Relive the Heyday of U.S. Railroads Aug. 06, 2023
By Victor Block Diners enjoy a gourmet meal in a graceful setting of polished mahogany walls and gle... Read More
The Roberts Court: Something Rotten Under the Robes Jul. 05, 2023
Picture us as peasants in medieval Europe again. We have no human rights, a concept far in the futur... Read More
The Supreme Court Forces a Reckoning for Women Jun. 21, 2023
WASHINGTON — We lost the war on women, ever since the days of groovy Gloria Steinem as the lea... Read More
Answering a Raft of Moot Questions Jun. 14, 2023
Q: What's your opinion on double possessives? When describing Huckleberry Finn and Jim floating down... Read More
The Supreme Court's Indelible Stain May. 05, 2023
Every fresh revelation of an ethical lapse by Clarence Thomas raises the question to which Republica... Read More
The History Is Real in Winchester, Virginia Mar. 11, 2023
By Victor Block Entering the town of Winchester, Virginia, is like traveling back in time. My recent... Read More
Suffrage March Tied to Our Times Mar. 08, 2023
"Votes for Women!" was a showdown between Alice Paul, 28, versus Woodrow Wilson, 56, which opened wi... Read More
The Schoolbook That Once United Our Nation Jan. 25, 2023
Americans today are engaged in heated debates over the content of classroom textbooks, so perhaps it... Read More
English Biscuit Jar Holds Cookies Apr. 12, 2019
Q: Enclosed is a photo of a silver-footed container that I have. I was told it is a biscuit jar. Mar... Read More
Into the Quadragesima Mar. 15, 2019
In A.D. 324, Constantine became the undisputed ruler of the whole Roman Empire. Once secured in that... Read More
