As a final farewell to summer (*sniff*) I thought I’d post some amazing panoramic images from the Library of Congress, showing bathing beauties from the “aughts,” teens, and twenties. But then I realized there were no people of color in… Read More
I’m reading a book by the always-fascinating Steven Johnson, called How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. His premise is that certain key innovations, such as the discovery of glass and refrigeration, set in motion… Read More
Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, who wrote Doctor Faustus (1588), was killed in a tavern brawl in 1593 after arguing about who was going to pay for dinner. He was stabbed over his right eye and died instantly.