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Baby Boomer Nation: Myth of a Generation in Revolt

The Baby Boomer rebellion wasn’t a mass movement, it was a PR campaign that aged like polyester. Woodstock gets the highlight reel, but the...

Wonderful Celtic Music Movie Soundtracks

I have a strong bond with Celtic-British-Scottish culture, traditions, and music which I grew up with. My father’s family came to Virginia/ West Virginia...

Celtic Christmas Traditions and Songs

Old Celtic Christmas traditions of the English, Irish, Welch, and Scottish are also popular in other English speaking countries such as the U.S., Canada,...

How Benjamin Franklin Built the United States

I worked on Wall Street and lived in Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River and located across the street from the...

Spy Game: The Spies Behind The Authors Who Rolled Back the Iron Curtain

Who would win if you pitted an average spy and a typical writer in a no-holds-barred cage match? As a humble writer myself, I...

The Henry Carey- Abraham Lincoln Revolution That Built the Modern World

Note: This is the third article in a series on the Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, Henry Carey, Abraham Lincoln American...

Old Fashioned Appalachian Thanksgiving Dinner

I grew up proud of my American family with Northern England and Scotland roots. The Woods migrated from England in the 1600s and settled...

Were American Artists Puppets of the Cold War Military Industrial Complex?

Or: How I learned to stop worrying about the Bomb and love my Rothko prints. The Cold War lasted nearly fifty years and was waged...

How Alexander Hamilton Built the U.S. Economy

I worked on Wall Street and lived in Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River and located across the street from the...

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