There is no record of where or when the first boat was built, according to the author. That question is somewhat irrelevant anyway, he points out, since different people in... Read More

For sixteen consecutive years, wine sales in the United States have grown at nearly a five percent rate. Indeed, Americans have been on such a bender as to leapfrog both the... Read More

American artist Viktor Schreckengost turns 100 years old this year and has been lauded as “an American Leonardo da Vinci” due to his versatility as both a fine artist and an... Read More

“Can the mayhem and cruelty that are war be made into something both beautiful and honest?” asks the author in his introduction. If judged by the photographer’s... Read More