“I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up,” the actor and singer Dean Martin once said. Call it the “Pat Boone Effect.” Example: In 1997, hard rock and heavy metal were at their peak. Their sound was the epitome of doom, their lyrics the essence of defeat. Enter an…
Famed for His Sweet Voice and Wholesome Values, Singer Pat Boone Is a True Force for Good
The Mighty Oak: Marine Chad Robichaux’s Story of Tragedy, War, and Healing
On August 21, 2010, Chad Robichaux stood in the middle of the Toyota Center before thousands of cheering fans. He had just finished a fight for Strikeforce, the second-largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization at the time. The three judges submitted their scorecards. It was a split decision. After the third scorecard was read, he…
Adventures in Mule Packing
Out in the roughly 112 million acres of land that are designated as “wilderness areas” by the federal Wilderness Act of 1964, no motorized vehicles or “mechanical transport” are allowed to operate—not even a wheelbarrow. That’s where mule packer Chris Eyer comes in. Together with his pack of 10 to 15 hardworking animals, he helps…
Book Review: ‘If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love’
Author of “Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love,” Mary Calvi offers readers another fascinating fictional novel crafted from primary source material. “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe,” which was released earlier this year, is at once a historical novel and a romance novel centered on young Theodore Roosevelt and…
Scientists, Charlatans, and Halley’s Comet
April 6, 2023
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American EssenceArts & CulturebooksBrightComet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed CivilizationRichard J. Goodrich
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For millennia, comets were believed to be harbingers of disaster and change. No one knew what they were. Their terror faded after Edmond Halley proved they were natural phenomena, following laws of physics. He predicted that a comet visible in 1682 would reappear in 1759. It was named Halley’s Comet when his prediction was realized….
Profiles in History: J.N. Reynolds: Obscurely Born for Greatness
J. N. Reynolds (1799–1858) was born into obscurity. The date of his birth is rather obscure as well. He was born sometime in the fall of 1799 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. There is even uncertainty if the “J” in his initials stands for Jeremiah or James. His father died a few years after his birth, leaving…
What Does It Take to Write a Thank You Letter the Size of a School Gym?
One day, as author Carew Papritz was teaching a cursive writing class at the elementary school his son was attending and reading from the book he wrote, “The Legacy Letters,” the idea came to him: what if students could make a letter the size of their school gym? In fall 2018, students from Continental Elementary…
Mike Rowe: America’s Favorite Apprentice
Mike Rowe, America’s perpetual apprentice, has been giving viewers a front-row seat to our country’s dirtiest jobs for nearly 20 years. The episodes of his show, “Dirty Jobs,” are a veritable archive of the various icky substances in earthly existence—sludge, slime, gunk, and grime—that he’s either had to clean, wade through, extract, or pick away…
Book Review: ‘Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army’
When it comes to the Indian Wars, there are names that are familiar to us, like Apache, Comanche, and Cherokee, as well as battles, like Custer’s Last Stand, Battle of Wounded Knee, and Battle of theLittle Bighorn. Less familiar may be the Miamis, the powerful Ohio tribe, and the Battle of theWabash. In his new…
Profiles in History: William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison has gone down in the history books as being one of the first major leaders in the abolition movement of the 19th century. Although his opinions and anti-slavery views were very unpopular during that time, Garrison stood by his beliefs that all men are equal until his final days. Garrison became most…
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