The office of the President of the United States used to look quite different from what it does now. For most of us, that is, anyone over the age of ten, when we imagine U.S. presidents, we tend to picture dignity, restraint, and moral steadiness. We think of a person ( a man in every […]

I grew up in the 1960s. And TV was really becoming quite a thing by that time. We didn’t watch a lot of TV, but when we did? I loved every moment. But it seems to me that television in the 1960s did more than entertain. It was a bit of an escape. I mean,

It is Pi Day. Because of the date, 3.14. Of course, pi, the number, is infinite. But it begins with 3.14. Then it goes on and on: 3.1415926535897932384626433…. I know. Everyone makes “pie” jokes today. But I won’t do it. Instead, I offer you some baking tidbits. 1. Let’s start with our cheap friends in

We remember certain dates. We should.I mean, humans constructed time, after all. We are the ones who invented the clock. Same thing goes for the calendar. April 29 is that date because we said so. But. Back to the remembering. Sometimes, we remember these specific dates because something significant happened on that day. We had

Sorry, I missed the blog today. Things came up. Thanks to you all.Polly

Nicknames By Linda Stowe Nicknames. Some of us have them, most of us don’t. Why is that? What determines who gets a nickname? There are many reasons people get nicknames.Some nicknames come about through family or group affiliation. The kid named after his father will likely be called Junior or something else to be clear

Science has a reputation problem. Everybody thinks of “science” as being off in some laboratory, where guys in white labcoats are pouring liquid into vials. Or they see a big room with a telescope and a lot of machines with blinking lights. But science is everywhere. It is in our phones, our kitchens, our bars,

Every so often, a person comes along in history and does something astounding. Unheard of. Remarkable. That was the case with Victoria Claflin Woodhull. Long before women could vote, let alone win a major-party nomination, that good woman Victoria Woodhull decided to do something almost unthinkable. She ran for President of the United States.This was