Mike Keeler
MIKE KEELER: May 1774: The Empire Strikes Back
On May 13, 1774, a large vessel sailed into Boston Harbor. It wasn't a whaler, it wasn't a trading ship of any kind. It was the HMS Lively, a...
MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH
Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth...
MIKE KEELER: The Amazing Thing . . .
This past week’s solar eclipse up in the great north woods was pretty amazing, And...
MIKE KEELER: Spring 1774: Intolerable
In the aftermath of the destruction of the Francis Scott Key bridge this past week,...
Mike Keeler: Back in Daylight Spending Time
As we move into Daylight Savings Time, turns out the only thing we’re saving is...
MIKE KEELER: The VERY Tortured History of I-95
Ah, August. And the drive home from the beach vacation. Which brings to mind...the epic transportation complication.If you were a visitor to the United...
MIKE KEELER: Man’s Best and Oldest Friend . . .
This one is about man's best friend. Who, as it turns out, is also man's oldest friend.No one knows for sure when civilization first...
MIKE KEELER: The Fall of The Great Mosque of al-Nuri
This is about how a symbol rises, tilts, and suddenly falls.It starts with a man with the epic name of Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim...
MIKE KEELER: Tolkien’s Final Tale A Long Time Coming
In the winter of 1916-17, JRR Tolkien was a shattered man.
He had just returned from World War 1, suffering from trench fever. All but...
MIKE KEELER: Just A Song
Sadly, you've heard this one before.And you have Daniel Butterfield to thank. He was just a kid from Utica, New York, who attended Union...
MIKE KEELER: Dieciséis De Septiembre?
No No No No No!(Or as they say in Spanish, ¡NO!)You MIGHT be having a Crunch Wrap Supreme from Taco Bell for lunch today....