YOUR LIFESTYLE MAGZINE
Ancient Rome is often remembered for its grand buildings, powerful armies and great laws. But beneath the marble and glory was a society built on slavery. Hundreds of thousands of enslaved people worked in Roman homes, fields, mines and workshops. They cooked, cleaned, nursed children, kept accounts, and served their masters day and night. In…
In 1862, in the middle of the Civil War, the United States government made one of the most remarkable offers in its history. Under the Homestead Act, any adult citizen, or anyone who intended to become one, could claim 160 acres of public land in the West for almost nothing. The deal was simple, but…
At the turn of the twentieth century, falling in love was a serious business. Courtship followed strict rules, and young people were watched closely by parents, aunts and chaperones. A young woman could not be seen alone with a man who was not a relative or her fiancé. Even holding hands in public could start…
In the 1860s, the Pacific Northwest was a land of forests, rivers and opportunity. Thousands of men had come west to cut timber, work in mills, fish and build new towns. One thing was missing: women. In the little frontier town of Seattle, men vastly outnumbered women. Some estimates put the ratio at around nine…
The American Plan: The Secret Program That Locked Up Thousands of Innocent Women In 1917, the United States entered World War I. Millions of young men were drafted and sent to training camps across the country. Military leaders had a fear that had nothing to do with German soldiers: venereal disease. Officials worried that sexually…
“Colonel Maggie”: The Star Who Went to War for the Troops During the Vietnam War, thousands of miles from home, American soldiers lived with heat, mud, exhaustion and constant danger. Many of them were barely out of high school. For a few hours at a time, the USO, the organization that brought entertainment to the…
I can answer that question from direct personal experience. This was the first TNG episode I watched, and it caught me hook-line-and-sinker. Within a few weeks, I had bought the VHS back catalogue of all previous seasons and fell in deep. It’s almost a clichéd answer amongst Trek fandom, but it is the fifth-season TNG…
The only real answer here is Emilia Clarke. She’s the only one among the cast who has anything resembling a rising career headlining profitable movies. It’s not amazing, but it’s the best we’ve got from the upcoming cast of Game of Thrones. Frankly, none of them look to have particularly promising careers, but if I…
“Cheers” had at least two occasions when a well established character left the show, and was replaced with a very different type of character who was at least as entertaining, or more so.First “Coach,” who worked for Sam Malone in the bar. He was a very likable character, but unfortunately Nicholas Colasanto, the actor portraying…
I saw a talk show where Lewis directly addressed the comedy issue and I wish I could find it. He said it didn’t matter whether he will be remembered in a century. The question was specifically would he be remembered in a hundred years. He pointed out how fast the culture was changing. He pointed…