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About 100 years ago, an advertising executive had an idea. A book club, that would send members new books every month. If that sounds like a familiar idea, you’ve just
About 100 years ago, an advertising executive had an idea. A book club, that would send members new books every month. If that sounds like a familiar idea, you’ve just
Tomorrow is Major League baseball’s opening day, the first day of the 2023 season. On the first day of a 162 game schedule, every team is in first place. Any
Do you ever watch the Food Network? If so, you know who Ina Garten is. But long before she became the channel’s most popular host, Garten worked in the White
Today, March 24th 2023, would have been comedian Louie Anderson’s 70th birthday. I first met Louie in 1989, when he published a book of letters to his alcoholic father, a
A 41-year tradition continues this weekend in Jackson, Mississippi, with the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, featuring the sweet potato queens. It all started when Jill Connor Browne and a
In 1993, the term “woke” had not been invented yet. But a prominent law professor nominated for a high position in the US government Saw her nomination done in by
In recent months you could argue that Florida has become the de facto ground zero for book banning in schools. Hundreds of titles, ranging from the extreme to the innocuous,
Holly Near was just 8 years old when she first performed in public. And in a career that has now spanned over 50 yearse, Near has established herself as a
Ask any serious fan of science fiction who the three most influential authors of the genre of the 20th century were. They will likely say Arthur c. Clarke, Robert Heinlein,
The US space program was launched, so to speak, in 1959, when the first seven mercury astronauts were named. These pioneers laid the groundwork for the Gemini, Apollo, and space