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June 3, 2014
Book Review – Lincoln Unbound by Rich Lowry
Two books in one. The first works; the second doesn’t. Rich Lowry is a conservative pundit and editor, and this is reflected in the last of the six chapters that comprise the book. If you are interested in Abraham Lincoln, … Continue reading →
May 30, 2014
Countdown to Tesla and Renewable Energy has Begun!
The clock is ticking.The finishing touches are being made. And the countdown has begun. Coming in late June is my new ebook on Nikola Tesla’s interest and advocacy of renewable energy. As I wrote in September of 2012: How many … Continue reading →
May 27, 2014
Bonsai and Penjing – Little Bits of Japan and China Alive in Washington DC
Cherry blossoms gifted from Japan aren’t the only link to Asia in Washington DC. From the famed tidal basin head northeast and you’ll eventually reach a glorious spot nuzzled into an otherwise urban New York Avenue – the U.S. National … Continue reading →
May 23, 2014
Book Review – Lincoln in New Orleans by Richard Campanella
An exceptionally well researched book recreating Abraham Lincoln’s flatboat trips to New Orleans. Campanella is an expert on New Orleans, and has expanded his expertise upstream to develop a detailed account of Lincoln’s two trips down the Mississippi River. No … Continue reading →
May 20, 2014
Abraham Lincoln and the Technology of War
The American Civil War was a crossroads between the old style of warfare and modern warfare. This modern warfare (if one can call the wholesale taking of lives “modern”) is explored in an exhibit in the Ford’s Theatre Center for … Continue reading →
May 14, 2014
The Oatmeal, Elon Musk, and Nikola Tesla – The Rise of Wardenclyffe
The Oatmeal has done it again! The popular online comic series, created by Matthew Inman, is helping to finish the job of building Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe into a world class museum and science center. His audacity managed to raise over … Continue reading →
May 12, 2014
Book Review – The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln by C.A. Tripp
The premise of the book is that Abraham Lincoln was a homosexual, or at least a bisexual. The problem with this premise is that it is purely conjecture and the author does not support it at all. Basically, he just … Continue reading →
May 9, 2014
If it’s Tueday, This Must be Belgium
In 1969 there was a movie by this title (“If it’s Tuesday, This Must be Belgium“) starring Suzanne Pleshette. It was a comedy about Americans experiencing Europe for the first time. Not long ago I had a chance to live … Continue reading →
May 6, 2014
Abraham Lincoln Book Club of Washington DC
The Abraham Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia has a book club. And this past weekend we finished reading Herndon’s Lincoln, the book that we’ve been discussing for the last nine months. In my earlier review I noted that … Continue reading →
May 1, 2014
TeslaMania Festival and Exposition Coming!
Tesla is popping up all over. And that’s a good thing. Nikola Tesla was one of the most important inventors to the modern world, and yet also one of the least known. That’s been changing over the last few years, … Continue reading →
