DOWNSHIFTING
When a hurried America needed answers, three books helped us put on the brakes.
THE MAN WHO BROKE JIM CROW
Jokes about lawyers and “activist” judges. Time to remember when Thurgood Marshall took the law and Constitution at their word.
un-abridged -- a delightful romp through dictionaries
With dictionaries endangered, Stefan Fatsis offers a treat for fellow word lovers.
WAVE THEORY
For decades, sports fans cheered, booed, and everything in-between. But how did they come up with The Wave?
CARDS AS WONDERS
Some play cards, others collect them. But Ricky Jay made miracles with an ordinary deck.
THE AMAZING SUPER CHIEF -- "SANTA FE ALL THE WAY"
Trains came and went but Santa Fe’s Super Chief was one of a kind.
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.