September/October 2021

Until nearly one hundred years ago, a diagnosis of diabetes was a death sentence for most patients.

Seasonal root veggies take center stage in this soul-satisfying chicken pot pie.

A rare report captured the Fab Four as they returned from their first American tour as conquering heroes.

The brothers credit their parents’ guidance and sacrifice with their success both on and off the movie set.

During a bustling summer day at a county paper, Norman Rockwell carries a sketchbook into the office.

A century before the iPhone, George Eastman and the Kodak camera brought on a revolution.

Take a break and push your vocab skills with these brain teasers.

In one of the earliest investigations of the new American “religion,” a reporter casts a jaundiced eye on sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard’s extraordinary claims.

When you fail to be interested in anything except the extreme, you feel competent to judge and condemn civilization wholly by its froth and fringes.

Fall into these books.

Imagine an organization that hired real people to respond to phone calls and emails.

A tragic accident leads to a years-long insurance dispute. How would you rule?

Before daybreak, the 82nd Airborne jumps out above Europe. D-Day has begun.

Following World War II, big dairy tried to get Americans to kick their margarine habit.

One Tennessee town found an alternative to tearing down its symbols of the Confederacy by making sure the “Fuller Story” of its history was told.

For some people, finding time for a hobby is a challenge — for others, it’s finding space.

In 1921, with only 9 million automobiles on U.S. roads, the nation recorded 13,000 traffic fatalities. In response to the growing number of highway deaths, the editors offered a possible solution.

Cashing in on the James Bond craze of the early ’60s, a television series about spies was launched that made a pop idol of actor Robert Vaughn.

Find out how a secret meeting between the nation’s top bankers shaped the Federal Reserve Act.

A tropical storm gives an ex-con the opportunity to rethink his plans to flee back to his former life of crime.

The sonic blast of a wailing infant gives the otherwise helpless creature the ability to make their needs known.

Following Pearl Harbor, American women signed up on defense-plant jobs in unexpected numbers.

While the infantry made its grim progress across the sands of Omaha and Utah Beaches, the Army Rangers were climbing the cliff face of Pointe du Hoc. Their target: six German gun emplacements that dominated the entire American force.

If you’re a woman in South Florida without health insurance and Andrea Ivory knocks on your door, answer it.

Our pandemic-era focus on handwashing created a boom for artisanal soapmakers.