To DST or Not to DST

We sprang ahead. Are we on the correct time or ahead of time? The answer may surprise you. Time: According to records, Congress adopted Standard time on this day in 1884. Standard time in time zones was established by U.S. law with the Standard Time Act of 1918. For...

World Peace Through Forced Democracy

12 MARCH 1947, Truman appeared before a joint session of Congress to make his case. The world, he declared, faced a choice in the years to come. Nations could adopt a way of life “based upon the will of the majority” and governments that provided “guarantees of...

Franken Flu – created in a lab

Frankenstein aka Modern Prometheus was published on this day in 1818, but fast forward 100 yrs later and a real monster that terrorized the world, would makes it’s debut. Where did it come from? To this day I refuse to get a flu shot. I never had the flu and I...

The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall” A widely used phrase to mean ‘when prominent people fail, their failure is more dramatic.’ but where di it come from? In 1896, this day in history, Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win...

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