Japanese submarine I-400 discovered 2,300 feet deep
Undersea searchers discovered the wreck of the Japanese submarine I-400 in 2,300 feet of water off the coast of Hawaii. A “mega submarine” that was ...
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RIP Athletic’s great Lou Brissie
tribute to the passing of WWII combat veteran and Philadelphia Athletic's great Lou Brissie
My Wall Street Journal Review of Vanished, by Wil S. Hylton
My review of Vanished, by Wil S. Hylton, in the Wall Street Journal
Katy Perry and a Girl with Autism
A heartwarming Comedy Central clip of Katy Perry performing her song "Firework" as a duet with Jodi DiPiazza, an 11-year old girl who deals with autism. Well do...
World War II in 20 photo essays
They're well worth perusing...
The Supermouse lives! In direct literary reference!
Enduring Patagonia and the Supermouse cited and quoted in this article in the Colorado Post Independent by Alison Osius.
In honor of what is perhaps my very favorite piece of narrative non-fiction…
footage of Seabiscuit's match race with War Admiral, which took place 75 years ago today, on 1 November, 1938, with 40 million Americans glued to their radios....
Bondy & Kitsi’s wedding photos (including Harold Bixby)
My eyes popped out over these classics of William Langhorne Bond's 1935 wedding with Katharine Dunlop, none of which I'd seen before.
A seriously tattered and well-loved copy of Enduring Patagonia
Out of the blue, an Army captain wrote to tell me that Enduring Patagonia "got him through West Point," that he re-reads his copy of the book regularly, has all...
50 books to inspire artists, 33 beautiful abandoned places, and my favorite poem
A few links that pinged my radar screen recently: “50 Books to Inspire Artists of All Kinds,” by Emily Temple at Flavorwire. With thanks to artist T...