Merry Christmas 1968

I’m pleased to report that out of the 200 worst-reviewed films on Metacritic, I have seen zero. Either this is indicative of a surfeit of good taste on my part, or evidence that I don’t see enough movies. On  [more...]

All morning, I’ve had a jingle running constantly through my head. You young people may not realize this, but there was a time when you couldn’t own a phone. The phones in your house were leased to you by  [more...]

One of the coolest things about my job designing publications for social studies teachers is the many interesting documents that come my way from the National Archives. The education staff there find the most amazing  [more...]