Cultural Literacy

From the page: "See that tiny blue house wedged in between the white and red ones? It was built in 1830 and is only 7 feet wide. (And here I complain about my family room being too narrow!) The Spite House, as i's called, has two stories but only 325 square feet. It... more

Short but sweet biographies for many 20th century artists & literary figures.

From The Pages Running the Numbers An American Self-Portrait This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of... more

I'm old, so my memory fails me more and more, but I would swear I once read it is legal in Texas to marry a third cousin. I have definitely read that around half of U.S. States allow marriage between cousins at some level, some have special requirements and in a few it... more

From the page: "Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous. At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he... more

Maybe the AI fan base can pray for him ...

"The grandest illusion ever created! "For the people" Yeah...for the rich people and crooked politicians!The same that make the laws disfigure the Constitution to their own liking and greedy consumption(s).The Revolution is at hand!And,no I do not care what you... more

black seminoles Time & Place: 1835-1838, Central Florida. Participants: 385-465 slaves, 500-800 Black Seminole maroons. Outcome: In 1838, the U.S. Army allowed 500 blacks to move west with Seminole Indians. Half received promises of freedom, the only emancipation... more