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...
The Board of Directors Thought He Was Nuts
by Mike Keeler
And you have to admit, the idea behind Steve Jobs' television spot was rather, um, different. It was a story about...
The Best Mountaineer Ever
by Mike Keeler
The greatest athlete in the history of his sport recently passed away. You've probably never heard of him.
In 1954, a group...
History Always Has A Soundtrack
by Mike Keeler
9/11 will be forever bracketed by two songs by the poet laureate of New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen was born in Long Branch,...
New World Trade Center Has Special Interest for One Group of Workers
by Mike Keeler
In 1886, a steel bridge was built across St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The site of the bridge happened to be...
Harry Burn Was A Good Boy
by Mike Keeler
He was elected to the Tennessee legislature in 1918 at the age of 22, making him its youngest member. But in...
The Most Important Man That Never Signed
by Mike Keeler
Charles Thomson was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, in 1729. When he was ten years old, his mother died. His father...