In the Right Wake of Ulysses?
As an economist I was trained to make gargantuan assumptions and then reason from them – reality be damned! So let’s make some: First, in 2022 Covid will be whipped,… Read More
Travel Tales
The Search for the Missing Banqueting Hall of Queen Elizabeth I – Part 2
Recall from my column last month that in October 2021 I participated in an archaeological dig at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, searching for the missing Banqueting Hall of Queen Elizabeth… Read More
The Search for the Missing Banqueting Hall and Tudor Garden of Queen Elizabeth I – Part 1
In the summer of 1592, Queen Elizabeth I and her very large retinue of courtiers arrived at Sudeley Castle, a magnificent structure in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, southwest England. The… Read More
Given Covid/Delta, Should You Travel?
Toulmin’s Travel Theorem I want to travel again. I’ve been sitting on my couch for 18 months and have watched every decent and half-decent Netflix and Amazon show – twice!… Read More
Amelia Earhart: Find Me the Lass That’s Gone, Part 4
This sweet, sad, serious song is adapted from the Skye Boat Song, about Bonnie Prince Charlie, written in 1884 by Sir Harold Boulton, and sung to the same tune. My… Read More
A Sarky Song about Earhart Theories: Off We Go, Into the Wild Bird Guano!, Part 3
If you Google “Songs about Amelia Earhart,” you will find various songs about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, and their Lockheed Electra 10E. Not to be outdone, I… Read More
Bizarre and Minor Amelia Earhart Theories, and How to Get Involved in the Real Scientific Search, Part 2
Last week we examined the major plausible theories for the disappearance in July 1937 of Amelia Earhart in her beautiful Lockheed Electra. But there are other, minor, theories, and some… Read More
Latest Developments in the Search for Amelia Earhart, Part 1
There are three and a half major plausible theories on what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan, when they disappeared on 2 July 1937: 1. They were… Read More
Prince Philip – Cool Dude
If you read my previous two articles on Prince Philip, you might think that I join with many other members of the press, who enjoyed taking potshots at the Prince.… Read More
The Afterlife of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Recall from last week’s column that on Tanna island in the Republic of Vanuatu, the Prince Philip Tribe worshipped the Prince as a god. If you have read any press… Read More
The Real Life Story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
If you watched the impressive funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, you may have picked up some of the following accepted facts. He was born in 1921 on a… Read More
Josiah and Matthew Henson and The Explorers Club
Last week I described the astounding life of Josiah Henson and the new Montgomery County Parks Museum that has just opened in his honor. This week I will tell you… Read More