On November 6th, 1829 a man dressed in a white shirt and spinner pants stepped…
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New YorkThe East
Sliding into First: Examining Baseball’s Pointless Plunge into Irrelevance at Cooperstown, NY
Sliding into first base is dumb. Diving head first into a thick, immovable bag at…
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The painters noticed it first, the beauty of the place. To the Native-Americans it was…
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ConnecticutThe East
Jackpot: How a Questionable Indian Tribe Built the Richest Casino in the World and then Lost it All in Ledyard, CT
In 1995 the richest casino in the world was not located in Las Vegas or…
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New YorkThe East
Getting off the Boat at Ellis Island: Examining the Question of Immigration in New York City
In a country constituted of immigrants and the progeny of immigrants, immigration is surprisingly thorny…
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Andrew Jackson was a tough customer. At the age of fourteen, while acting as a…
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As winter gives way to spring and COVID restrictions begin to lift, many people are…
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Have you ever wondered why some hotel chains vary in quality? Go to one Best…
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On December 6th, 2020 San Francisco locked down for the second time in nine months.…
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When I was a boy of about nine I had a sexual awakening. A friend…