A 19th Century Christmas Sampler
Unable to share the holidays with your great-great-grandparents this year? Here, we offer you some excerpts from older issues that will keep you up to date with the distant past.... More
Post Perspective
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The Photographer and the Spy
It was one of those famous American trials that takes on far more significance than the facts in the case. ... More
Early Days in the Disney Dynasty
The hungry years of Walt Disney were captured in a 1956 biography written by his daughter.... More
Waiting for the Next Twain
America still hopes someone will fill the vacancy created by Mark Twain 99 years ago.... More
“What You Don’t Know About Thanksgiving”
What could a 61-year-old article possibly tell us about this well-known holiday?... More
Aaron Copland Tries to Put It Into Words
Great writers will take on any of the great topics—war, love, death, cowboys—but few have made a serious attempt at writing about music.... More
The World Is Forced to Re-Evaluate America’s Military Power
In 1918, American soldiers showed allies and enemies that our military was equivalent to any in the world. And that America was about to become... More
My, How the Rules Have Changed
Think you’re tough? How long would you last in a college football game playing 1890's rules? The first intercollegiate football game—played November 6, 1869, in... More
Are We Ready for Another Martian Invasion?
The fake broadcast of a Martian invasion sent thousands fleeing in panic on October 30, 1938. Could it happen today, or have we Americans become... More
Communism & Hollywood
October 23, 1946: Congress challenges Hollywood’s loyalty, and an American Communist makes a discovery.... More
Obama Wins Nobel for Peace
For the third time in its history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its Peace Prize to an American president in office. What are your thoughts... More
Mad Men—If It’s Not Nostalgia, What Is It?
Each week, 2.8 million Americans watch the AMC show Mad Men: a meticulous recreation of the world and the people of an ad agency in... More
“Criticism Terrible … Business Tremendous.”
On October 6, 1927, Warner Brothers’ studio premiered The Jazz Singer at its New York theater.... More
The Unanswerable Question
There is no better example of Americans’ chronic suspicion of their government than the fate of the Warren Commission Report, released 45 years ago this... More
Do Americans Get Second Chances?
We can’t let September pass by without noting the birthday (September 24th) of one of its greatest contributors. F. Scott Fitzgerald published 69 of his... More
How Heroes are Made
“The embodiment of granted prayer” was how George W. Trendle envisioned the Lone Ranger, created to build an audience for his low-budget, independent radio station... More
Googling the Revolution
One reason we rely so heavily on computers for information is the search-engine company: Google, Inc., which turns 11 years old on September 15th.... More
