Each year in late September, the Cherokee tribe gathers to honor Selu, the Corn Mother, who, according to tribe traditions, gave up her life so that her sons, and subsequently all Cherokee people, would have enough to eat. This worship... Read More

“I have to state that Philology, both Comparative and special, has been my favourite pursuit,” said James Murray. Never before or since has an army of amateurs produced so vast and professional a product as the OED, the Mount Everest... Read More

For almost a half-century, beginning in 1955, Walter Mears was a reporter for the Associated Press, and since the memorable 1960 Kennedy-Nixon election he covered every presidential election until his retirement in 2001. Working for the... Read More

Young Bertie Canfield wrote in his diary that although he thought his new home in Kansas looked “very funnie” because the landscape had no fences, he was nonetheless enthusiastic about his family’s move west from New York state... Read More

Lay-offs. Impossible bosses. Benefit reductions. Long commutes. These are a few of the conditions found in today’s workplace environment. For those who encounter these and other problems, there is this author-a career counselor,... Read More

Anyone who has ever packed a suitcase knows that the items we treasure most-Grandpa’s broken wristwatch, Aunt Ida’s chipped cameo-possess a value that transcends their practical use. Emotional connection with objects is the primary... Read More

In 1930, Paramount Pictures’ marketing department mistakenly spelled Carol Lombard’s first name with an “e” in promoting the film Fast and Loose, then decided that it would be too costly to change the posters. Lombard, ever the... Read More

George Johnson was six years old in 1773. His father, Sir William Johnson, was the Superintendent of the Northern Department of Indian Affairs; his mother was Molly Brant, stepdaughter of a Mohawk chief. George’s carefree world fell... Read More