A (COMIC) REVOLUTION -- TELEVISED
Before SNL, “Your Show of Shows” blew American comedy wide open.
WIT, WEIMARANERS, AND WEGMAN
“It’s not all about the dog,” William Wegman says. Meet Man Ray, Fay Ray and his other famous Weimeraners.
"IMMIGRANTS -- WE GET THE JOB DONE!"
Central and Union Pacific agreed. Without immigrants — Chinese and Irish — the mighty Transcontinental RR would not have been.
IN SEARCH OF THE POE TOASTER
He came out of the darkness, left cognac and roses on Poe’s grave. Then disappeared. Who was he?
THE MAN WHO KNEW IT ALL
Along with writing classic science fiction, Isaac Asimov explained. . . everything!!!!
THEN ONE LUNAR CHRISTMAS EVE. . .
With the whole world watching, Apollo 8 took us beyond tech talk and back to the beginning.
CAPOTE -- "A CHRISTMAS MEMORY" AND A SEASON'S TRUTHS
Truman Capote’s Christmas tale has been told and re-told but how much was memory and how much was fiction?
THE UNIVERSE TURNS 100
A century ago, Edwin Hubble expanded our horizons beyond imagination.
SILENT NIGHT, PEACEFUL NIGHT
On Christmas Eve 1914, the guns stopped, the front fell still, and the soldiers came out of the trenches. . .
POTLUCKS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
With the season upon us, The Attic offers ten rules of etiquette.
THE BAREFOOT PROPHET OF WHOLE FOODS
Wheatgrass and sprouts? Carrot juice and raw nuts? What would that kooky Gypsy Boots eat next?
THE ARTIST AND THE REDNECK
Divided by politics, by Jim Crow, brothers Barry and Tommy Moser rarely spoke, until. . .
DEMOCRACY -- THE NEXT GENERATION
In a nation where half the citizens don’t vote, who cares about civics? Kelley Brown and her students, that’s who.
WHEN DEMOCRACY SPOKE. . . AND LISTENED
With America flat on its back, “Town Meeting of the Air” revived the conversation of democracy.
TOQUEVILLE'S TAKE ON AMERICA
Setting out to describe democracy, he created a lasting portrait of Us, the People
THE REPORTER AND THE "GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI"
When Jerry Mitchell dug into “cold cases,” justice delayed was no longer denied.