Pointer from the Peddler: When all is said and done my history has been that I create something I peddle it one way or another and then I start all over again. That’s the fun in my game of life. Try it; you’ll like it. Boiled down to... Read More

Chicago Illinois 1971. Imagine the largest charity hospital in the United States. There is no air conditioning with the exception of the intensive care units and the burn units. Beds are lined up in huge wards with curtains separating... Read More

Meet Irving J. Schaffer “a nice Jewish boy” from Amsterdam New York. Schaffer a technical sergeant in the United States Army Air Force flew 65 combat missions during World War II both as a radio operator and photographer. He recounts... Read More

“If I could only fly / I’d bid this place good-bye / To come and be with you / But I can hardly stand / Got nowhere to run / Another sinkin’ sun / And one more lonely night.” These words from country music singer and songwriter... Read More

Singular Soapy: As a six-term Michigan governor, G. Mennen Williams, the scion of the Mennen toiletries empire, used his fortune to build a political career in which he promoted civil rights, education reform, and infrastructure... Read More

On September 16, 1908, the New York Times ran a lead business news story in which the White Star Line announced that construction was beginning on the world’s largest steamship, the Titanic. On the same day, another announcement... Read More

In a time when publishers practically cross their fingers and flip a coin to determine whether a book is called a memoir or a novel, it is reassuring that the loyalty oath to speak the truth is still upheld among Truth’s most vocal... Read More

Near the end of her life, early reformer Clarina Nichols (1810—1885) wrote, “what a book I might have given to my dear children, relatives, and personal friends.” With this thorough biography detailing Nichols’s life, the author... Read More