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Extra Effort Pays Dividends in Sicily Jul. 24, 2022
By Robert Selwitz Sicily, the Mediterranean's largest island, lies between Italy's "boot" and North ... Read More
If History Is of Any Value: Revisiting March 2020, Part 2 Jul. 16, 2022
While some of the economic and geopolitical predictions of experts surveyed by Politico magazine, Fo... Read More
If History Is of Any Value: Revisiting March 2020, Part I Jul. 09, 2022
One of my motivations for becoming a regular columnist and later going into syndication with Creator... Read More
The Ongoing Battle To Teach Accurate African American History in Schools Jul. 08, 2022
The Texas State Board of Education recently rejected a proposal to redefine the term of slavery as "... Read More
A Pearl of Hope For An Unhappy Birthday Jul. 06, 2022
Some birthdays are better or worse than others. America's 246th was a lot like 1863. In a dark gloo... Read More
United States of Diversity: The Founders and Dobbs Jul. 01, 2022
DEI — "diversity, equity and inclusion." University administrators, corporate human resources ... Read More
Multidimensional Malta Welcomes a Closer Look Jun. 26, 2022
By Robert Selwitz Malta wants more Americans to join masses of Europeans who visit and savor its ex... Read More
I Saw My Entire Life Flash Before My Eyes, Part III Jun. 25, 2022
You know the saying: "dog bites man" is not news, but "man bites dog" is. Years ago, I actually came... Read More
Athens and America: Helpful Hints for the Fix We're In Jun. 22, 2022
ATHENS, GREECE — Greetings from the land where democracy began 2,500 years ago. I came seekin... Read More
My Father's Father: The Traces He Left Jun. 15, 2022
My father's father died when he was 8, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Born in 1901, the gr... Read More
Reunion: A Thank-You Note to Friends in the Arc of Justice Jun. 01, 2022
You can't lie about your age at your college reunion. Returning to my verdant campus in Philadelphia... Read More
A Castle in Bucks County May. 28, 2022
By Bonnie and Bill Neely Henry Chapman Mercer was an unusually accomplished and fascinating man who ... Read More
The Kindness of Women Who Made You Feel at Home May. 04, 2022
Mother's Day may also be Mothers Day. My mother calls me every morning from Santa Monica, sounding ... Read More
Libations and Learning at Historic New York Taverns Apr. 30, 2022
By Victor Block A second-floor room in a New York City building is where, on Dec. 4, 1783, Gen. Geor... Read More
The Yankee Reform Impulse Gets Some Issues Right, Some Wrong Apr. 22, 2022
People talk about culture war politics as if it were a recent development — a novelty, an exce... Read More
Ukraine Tragedy Rolls on From a Cruel April Apr. 13, 2022
WASHINGTON — As the Easter Egg Roll goes on at the White House, Ukraine shows us what democrac... Read More
Float, Sail or Cruise Through History Apr. 10, 2022
By Victor Block Using a paddle to guide my canoe through the rapids of the Allagash River in norther... Read More
Party or Peaceful: South Padre Island Is for You Apr. 02, 2022
By Victor Block "Fish. Party. Repeat." Those words, printed on a sign in a South Padre Island, Texa... Read More
Three Stages of Violence: Hollywood, Washington, Ukraine Mar. 30, 2022
Hollywood. Washington. Ukraine. Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we'd never s... Read More
Another Party Hack President Mar. 25, 2022
"The language people speak in the corridors of power is not economics or politics. It is history." S... Read More
