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Trivia: The Declaration of Independence
241 years ago, on a hot, humid Philadelphia day a group of men gathered in Independence Hall to sign a document that birthed a new […] Read More -
Convention and Washington
It’s now official: both major political parties have held their conventions, nominated their candidates for the office of President, and the 2016 campaign is on. […] Read More -
‘Tis the Season
The holiday season is here! Most of us have either started or will start our holiday shopping by now, and a few of the high […] Read More -
The White Envelope
They call this the “most wonderful time of the year.” Houses are decorated with festive lights. Inside, they’re filled with ornate trees and wreaths. Holiday […] Read More -
The Builder’s Creed
99 years ago this coming January 1, a young man stood on a hillside that overlooked a small, 50-acre country cemetery which he managed. Only […] Read More -
Winter Is Here
As many weather experts predicted, and as we warned in a previous blog a few months ago, El Nino arrived in a big way last […] Read More -
Super Bowl Sunday
This coming Sunday, Feb. 7, the eyes of more than 111 million people in the United States, and millions more around the world, will be […] Read More -
Foucault Pendulum
It’s a fairly simple device that was created as an experiment to visually demonstrate what scientists knew but had never been able to show: the […] Read More
