Last Hand
It is hard to know where facts give way to legend in the case of Wild Bill; but some of the things he did in truth, as a frontiersman and lawman, may have exceeded the legends or at least deserved to ...
19 Touko 20208min
"Make Cakes!"
During peak hours, in the 300 block of Brand Boulevard in the city of Glendale, in what is called "Metropolitan Los Angeles," you might see a line of eager people making their way into Porto's Bakery ...
12 Touko 20207min
Fingertip Memories
Helen Keller was 14 years old when she first met the world-famous Mark Twain in 1894. They became fast friends for life. Keller, who was deaf and blind, loved to listen to Twain tell his stories by pu...
5 Touko 20207min
The Man of Steel
Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive…The Man of Steel fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way.
28 Huhti 20207min
Our Greatest Poet
When you read Abraham Lincoln, you somehow become more than yourself, you become better. And his words want to be read aloud, too. Start with the Second Inaugural—so beautiful—and the Gettysburg Addre...
15 Huhti 20206min
Number 42
Each year on April 15, all players in Major League Baseball turn in their regular uniforms and wear one adorned with the number 42. On no other day does any player wear that number; it has been perman...
14 Huhti 20206min
El Pueblo y el Hombre
The detective hero, and the detective novel, are not an American invention. But a few authors like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler made them as American as apple pie. The attitude of Chandler's ...
7 Huhti 20206min
Of Birds and Potatoes
If you need a little poetry in your life—and who doesn't?—Billy Collins can be a good place to start. Collins writes unblushingly to attract new readers to poetry and to encourage those who have given...
31 Maalis 20206min
