Blogs about United States of America

My brother Richard and I were at mom's house in Huntsville recently and found this postcard in some family memorabilia. The card, dated by postmark October 26, 1918, was sent by our paternal grandfather, Amos …

That may seem a strange and perhaps uninteresting question to ask, particularly given that I (and I suspect many readers) have no great desire for the current set of House Republicans to enjoy nice things …

Job Title Seasonal Valet Attendant Company / Organization Go By Bike Job Description Go By Bike seeks seasonal bike valet attendants. We are located under the aerial tram in South Waterfront. Throughout the summer we …

Off-continent after 446 days!

Arrow level boarding platformsat San Bernardino, CAComments to old posts on this blog are stored in a moderation queue that your author doesn't visit often enough. Over a year ago, commenter jpk122s discovered quite a …

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. For nearly three weeks in the autumn of 1872, Cincinnati was paralyzed by a virus with no known cure.Humans were not susceptible to this virus. …

Someone posted this in a comment on my "sleepy seaside town" post, but this rant goes so hard that I think it deserves its own post:

Imagine being a first-time guest to one of Alice and Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Gilded Age balls or dinner parties, held at their spectacular new mansion on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. As you pass through the …

THE PERALTA CLAIM. The Land Commissioners will decide on the merits of the Peralta claim this morning. The Chronicle says that this is one of the most important claims that has come before the Commissioners …

Remains of Asiatic black bears have been found at 5 fossil sites in Spain, showing this species formerly had a much more widespread range. Today, Asiatic black bears are restricted to mountainous regions of China, …

It all started with those little, bright green, lantern-shaped peppers called pimientos de padrón—known more familiarly as "padrons"—that only required a quick blistering in hot oil and shower of salt to melt my knees as …

If you don’t have plans next Tuesday, what are you waiting for? Grab your ticket to GGWash’s Sweet Sixteen and join us to celebrate all the wonderful people who show up every day to help …

“[T]he great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our …

This map was sponsored by the “Committee of ‘92” and created by Rand McNally as a guide to the city for attendees of the Eleventh International Christian Endeavor Convention in 1892. About 40 percent of …

President Biden and the Democrats are playing offense while Trump sits in a courtroom. I don’t mind how that is playing out every day on the news. I know most voters have not yet started …

San Jose State University Student Union Patio

ShareThough still far behind the number of cases granted for the next term this time last year, the court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2024-2025 term. The justices agreed …

One of the key tenets of American intellectual history is the relationship between Black Americans and the state. A wide array of books written in recent years—Martha Jones Birthright Citizenship Read more The post “The …

In the past month, MassDOT has agreed to two significant changes in its Allston I-90 megaproject in response to pressures from sustainable transportation advocates. Although MassDOT won a $335 million federal grant to help pay …

If you were out driving in Minneapolis a week ago Friday, you may have had to wait one or two extra light cycles as hundreds of bicycles rolled through the intersection in a huge pack. …