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Published: February 9, 2023 by Douglas A.
U2 seemed to come out of nowhere in the late 1970s. It actually came out of Dublin. By the mid-80s, […]
Published: February 7, 2023 by Douglas A.
Problems with passwords appear regularly in the news, primarily when huge companies with large numbers of customers get hacked. In […]
Published: February 3, 2023 by Douglas A.
Taylor Swift has sold well over 100 million albums and her audio and video streams have topped 78 billion. Based […]
Published: February 2, 2023 by Douglas A.
Could this be the year ABBA finally wins a grammy? The wildly popular Swedish pop band of the 1970s and […]
Published: February 1, 2023 by Douglas A.
The life expectancy at birth for Americans fell between 2020 and 2021, dropping from 77.0 to 76.1 years, according to […]
Parental leave policies are relatively new in the United States. The Family Employment Security Act (FESA) of 1984 required employers […]
Published: January 28, 2023 by Douglas A.
Napoleon’s loss at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 ended the Napoleonic Era. The Duke of Wellington’s victory also helped […]
Published: January 26, 2023 by Douglas A.
Naval battles are a thing of the past. The last massive engagement of two fleets was The Battle of Leyte […]
Published: January 24, 2023 by Douglas A.
There are 140,000 restaurants in the U.S. People can go to the local Olive Garden and have a complete meal […]
Published: January 22, 2023 by Douglas A.
Archeology involves the art of finding old things no one else has. Its history as a mainstream academic practice stretches […]
Published: January 21, 2023 by Douglas A.
There are two categories of people who die in war: combatants and civilians. America has fought two wars with extremely […]
Published: January 20, 2023 by Douglas A.
The Civil War took at least 620,000 lives, the most of any war in U.S. history. The figure is particularly […]
Published: January 18, 2023 by Douglas A.
Go through almost any small town in America, and you will see at least one statue. It may be of […]
Published: January 16, 2023 by Douglas A.
There are a number of reasons people do not have health insurance. One is that they cannot afford it. The […]
Published: January 14, 2023 by Douglas A.
Actors are actors, and directors are directors. In Hollywood, this is almost always the case. The only notable example of […]
Published: January 12, 2023 by Douglas A.
In this day and age, getting “off the grid” has become an increasingly popular way for people to live. What […]
Published: January 10, 2023 by Douglas A.
Very few Americans move to countries outside the U.S. each year. The figure barely tops 100,000, according to recent research. […]
Published: December 30, 2022 by Douglas A.
It should not be a surprise that the deadliest battle of the 20th century took place in Russia. The attempted […]
Updated: February 21, 2023 by Douglas A.
More men from New York State died in WWII than from any other state in America. In a way, this […]
Published: June 27, 2022 by Douglas A.
Over the history of baseball there have been several ways the greatest baseball players are measured. Some have to do […]
Published: June 26, 2022 by Douglas A.
Americans are in love with their dogs. Over 38 million households in the U.S. have one. And, many are expensive […]
There are routinely lists of the world’s largest animals, largest trees, largest mammals. Usually blue whales, elephants, and the giant […]
There are several ways to get a player out in baseball. Only one always pits one player against another. Some […]
Published: June 18, 2022 by Douglas A.
Marvel Comics began as Timely Publications in 1939. It was quickly the home of Captain America, a hero from WWII, […]
