by admin | Sep 21, 2014 | History
So here I am live blogging form somewhere in Lenape territory, although most of you would think of it as the southern part of Central Park. I’m here for the People’s Climate March which will kick off full scale in about an hour. I travelled down to New...
by admin | Aug 25, 2014 | History
William James (1842-1910) was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and one of the most influential philosophers the United States has ever produced. He was the first educator to ever offer a psychology course. He has been called the “Father of...
by admin | Jul 31, 2014 | History
I’d like to say that Tom Cahill needs no introduction. Maybe he doesn’t to you. That fellow shaking hands with Tom Cahill was President of the United States at the time. Tom is congratulating him for signing the Prison Rape Elimination Act. In case...
by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | History
Originally published on forbes.com on July 7, 2013. ________________________________________________________________________ The walk across the field from the Virginia Monument to the stone wall on Cemetery Ridge with 15,000 others was not at all exhausting. It was...
by admin | Jun 22, 2014 | History
So here is the deal 30 Days Across America is a great story. It’s about America and New Jersey and the world, a bromance and a road trip, social class and even a bit of a dark sidetrip into the world of alcohol abuse. I have to get that out of the way, because...
by admin | May 5, 2014 | History
I can’t quite say for certain what moved me to visit Antietam on September 17, 2012. It was the first time in over thirty years that I took off from work on a big due date. (September 15 is when extended corporate tax returns are due). Even after 9/11,...
