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...
Can You Put A Price Tag On Your Heritage?
Take, for example, the case of the Old Barracks. The Colony of New Jersey built five military barracks in 1758; the one in...
Presenting Environmental DUH vs. FACT
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it's becoming clear that the waters of the world are being destroyed by...water.
DUH: Sometime in the...
OK Aspiring Writers, This One’s Easy . . . Maybe Too Easy
Your assignment today is to write a story of only about 1500 words. But there's a catch: all the words in your story...
There’s a Reason It’s Called “March Madness”
As the NCAA basketball tournaments tipped off, researchers at The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports did a little research. They looked...