The familiar refrain of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme goes like this:Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.As far...
The inventor of dynamite opened his newspaper one morning in 1888 and was shocked to read his own obituary. His brother had died, and a careless reporter had put the wrong man in the story....
Fear has a way of paralyzing us--during his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of Joseph Stalin. Once, as he censured Stalin in a public...
"What can you tell me about this Frederic Remington portrait of Lea Febiger that's been stored in your attic for decades?" the Antiques Roadshow appraiser asked her guest during an airing on March 29th, 2015."Well,...
Americans' repulsion at the thought of being ruled by a king can be seen in Virginia's State Flag, where the Roman goddess Virtus is depicted holding a sword and a spear; underneath the foot of...
"Today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord!" One day a wealthy father took his son to the country to visit a poor family. He intended to...
Something Far Better than Flowers Bread is Here! To Coin the Phrase is a series I'll be sharing for the next 2 Thursdays. If you missed the first installment last week about “Immanuel” you can catch...
You’ve heard “Immanuel,” but what does it mean? To Coin the Phrase is a series I'll be sharing for the next 3 Thursdays. Take "Immanuel" for instance, which pops up around this time every year. It must...
