Longitude, first published in 1995, is a best-selling, award-winning book about how Europeans figured out how to determine longitude at sea during the 18th and early 19th centuries. As early as the time of Columbus, Europeans relied heavily on sea…
Category: History
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from 1908 to 1936. I compiled the quotes below from my reading of these essays, which were compiled by Ignatius Press in Volumes 27-37 of The Collected…
Trial by Ice, by Richard Parry, is a fascinating and exciting account of the 1871 Polaris Expedition, an American naval mission to discover the North Pole. The story is absolutely remarkable in itself, but what makes the book so valuable…
George Washington signed Thanksgiving into being with the following proclamation. Thanksgiving Proclamation [New York, 3 October 1789] By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence…
Here are 10 reasons why NFL football is a horrible product that shouldn’t be selling. A constant flood of injuries makes the game a war of attrition. The longterm effects of injuries on ex-players are horrific and tragic. The quality…