Sunday, July 12, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
250 Years of Liberty
Margaret Bourke-White's 1952 photograph of the Statue of Liberty for Look magazine, shot from a helicopter.
Labels:
1952,
July 4,
liberty,
Look magazine,
Margaret Bourke-White,
New York City,
Statue of Liberty
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Menemsha Post Office
People associate Norman Rockwell's paintings and illustrations with the Saturday Evening Post. Though not as prolific, Stevan Dohanos, an artist who lived and worked in Westport, Connecticut, also captured mid-20th century America's small towns and people.
His painting of the Menemsha Post Office on Martha's Vineyard is currently on view and is for sale at the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Almost Walking
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Bubbles!
Friday, May 8, 2026
Monday, April 20, 2026
Immigration
Labels:
alejandro mayorkas,
Benjamin Schwartz,
crime,
department of homeland security,
deportation,
illegal aliens,
immigration,
joe biden,
monsters,
open borders,
safety,
security,
The New Yorker
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Artemis 2 Moon Mission
Labels:
AI,
Artemis II,
Mare Orientale,
maunder crater,
moon mission,
NASA
Saturday, April 4, 2026
The New York Times Publishes a Correction
The NYT published an article yesterday about NATO by veteran journalist Steven Erlanger, the paper's chief diplomatic correspondent for Europe. It led to the following correction.
The updated story set things straight.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
The Final Frontier
Labels:
Artemis II,
astronauts,
Mars,
moon,
NASA,
space,
the final frontier
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Fake News
Monday, March 9, 2026
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith's "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations" was published in London 250 years ago on March 9, 1776.
Smith's book is just as relevant and thought-provoking today.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
More Snow!
Labels:
henry payne,
shoveling snow,
snow,
snow globe,
winter
Monday, February 23, 2026
Snow, Snow, and More Snow
Winter Storm Hernando dumped 18 inches of snow over the NYC-metro area less than a month after Winter Storm Fern dropped more than 16 inches.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026
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