Robber Barons, Marcel Duchamp, and Big Museums’ Dirty Little Secrets
In 1915, Marcel Duchamp bought a snow shovel at a hardware store in New York City. He inscribed his signature and the date on its wooden handle. On the evening…
Why the Creator of One of the First ‘Lie Detectors’ Lived to Regret His Invention
In order to catch liars, the ancient Chinese would sometimes give the accused a mouthful of uncooked rice during interrogation—and then ask the person to open wide. Dry rice would…
The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier
Richard Simmons
Before building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton from New Orleans.
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Saint Etienne
Witch-Burning
By Mary Elizabeth Counselman
“A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974. Kirk / Spock.
An interview Diane did a few months before her death:It couldn’t be done, said the others. I don’t know…. But one could give it the ol’ college try. Thinking the…
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The Red Violin
The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries…