The steamboat BUCKEYE BELLE with about 40 passengers on board was torn apart in a spectacular boiler explosion on November 12, 1852, at Beverly, Ohio. Wreckage and human remains rained down on the surrounding area. It was a gruesome sight. 24 died; a dozen were injured. The BELLE was ...
Please raise your hand if you ate too much turkey, dressing, noodles, ham, cake, pie or Christmas cookies last week. If your belt looks like it should be around a big red suit, please raise your hand. If your New Year’s resolution is to do something about it, please pick up your smart ...
By Mark Wilmoth Here’s your quiz. Alexa, Siri and Google aren’t allowed to help. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman Trophy winners. Name the last three winners of the Miss America Pageant. Name five people who have received a Nobel or Pulitzer ...
There was no peace in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest on December 24, 1944. But 9 people found an unlikely peaceful “Silent Night” as the WW2 Battle of the Bulge raged around them. Just 8 days earlier, the Allies were surprised by a massive German counterattack through the lightly defended ...
Over the last decade, I would venture to guess that Americans have heard more about energy policy than ever before. One party’s moonshot solution to climate contrasted with the other party’s appeal to traditional energy systems. The outcome is always the same: division, vitriol, and ultimately a tit-for-tat repeal of existing policy every few years that puts America back at square one. Here’s the deal: policy has become too much of a cultural flashpoint than an actual solution to a problem. In the not-too-distant past, politics and policymaking were boring. It was a necessary ...
Some time next year Artemis II will blast off and carry a crew of four on a shakedown cruise to the moon. They will not land but will spend 10 days testing the systems needed to return humans to the surface. The trip will be a modernized version of a mission flown in 1968 that took three ...
