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...
In The Heart of the City of Brotherly Love Stands a Castle of Historic Horrors
If you had lived in Philadelphia in the 1800's, you would have feared this place. As you approached it, its 30-foot-high fieldstone walls...
Yes, You CAN Go Home Again, But If You Do, Be Ready For A War
The oldest college football rivalry west of the Mississippi is the "Border War" between Kansas and Missouri. The name is a reference to...
Ah, The Price of Beauty…
Maria Gunning was born in 1733 to a humble family in central England. But the family soon moved to a meager rental house...
A Hot New Car With That Certain “X Facto”
This baby was built by a team of expert designers and engineers with experience at the racetracks of LeMans and Daytona. It is built...
The Ultimate Carolina Cross-Branded Culinary Confection
In 1917, the Carolina Beverage Company was established in Salisbury NC, which is strategically located along a major railroad distribution system. There the...
One Man’s Treasure Indeed
China provides the U.S. with lots of inexpensive goods. In return, the U.S. sells back to China many high-end luxury products.
Here's a case...