As one of America’s most prolific presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the country through some of its roughest times. As the only president to have served over two terms, Roosevelt centered on bringing America…
In the US, there is concern about Lake Powell in Arizona drying up due to a 20-year drought and climate change. But has a lake ever dried up before? About 60 years ago the…
If you’re a fan of gourmet and specialty mushrooms, you might have observed that their prices can be quite steep, particularly when dealing with species that are hard to grow or find in the…
Horror is perhaps the most divisive genre of film. Not for the faint of heart, its purpose is to elicit fear, shock, disgust or even outright revulsion. It’s no wonder many people steer clear…
In the first eight months of 2023, there were 23 separate billion-dollar climate and weather disasters in the United States, breaking the record of 22 such events in 2020. These extreme weather events include…
Earth’s living species are currently going extinct at a rate hundreds of times higher than the natural baseline rate, largely due to human activities. Scientists have counted about 881 animal species that have gone…
An estimated 15.5 million American adults identify as vegetarian or vegan, and many more have been consciously trying to reduce their meat consumption – whether through observing “meatless Mondays” or just making animal protein…
Whether they were seedy, smoky neighborhood joints, raucous watering holes with half a dozen different games playing simultaneously on widescreen TVs, or elegant lounges attached to upscale restaurants or five-star hotels, bars used to…
Alcohol consumption has declined in many countries around the world since 2011, but has shown worrisome increases in others, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a 38-country…
Hotels can be wonderful places, welcoming and comfortable. A good hotel staff can truly make guests feel “at home.” Some lodgings have been installed in architecturally stunning buildings, so that simply driving up to…
Nov. 9 was National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day – an occasion with, as the food service trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News put it, arguably “significantly more weight behind it now than it did in…
Along with Christmastime, the four-day Thanksgiving weekend is always the busiest travel period of the year, with many people flying home or to some mutually agreed-upon family gathering place. Unfortunately, because winter weather is…
The oldest college football stadium in America is Philadelphia’s Franklin Field, built in 1895. The identity of the oldest venue for pro football can be argued: Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, dates…
Fast food chains employ chefs, culinary consultants, and test kitchen staffs to constantly revise (and theoretically improve) items on their menus as well as to develop new ones — which may never leave the…
When it comes to important choices like deciding which presidential candidate we’d like to see installed in the White House following the next election, such virtues as experience, honesty, integrity, and intelligence would seem…
Referred to as “The First Space War,” Operation Desert Storm, which began in 1991, saw an explosion in the use of satellite-based technology, including Satcom (satellite communication) and GPS. However, not all the fighting…
The pumpkin spice craze started back in 2004, when Starbucks introduced its now-iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, a coffee-based beverage flavored with pumpkin pie spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves), though no pumpkin. It was an…
The Vietnam War has been called America’s “Helicopter War” as the addition of helicopters changed much of how war was handled. These helicopters had many roles, ranging from transport, search and rescue, utility, and…
Population growth in the U.S. is starting to recover from historic lows largely related to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the current growth rate remains lower than any seen during the 20th century. Between July…
At the World Whiskies Awards presented in March of this year by the trade publication The Drinks Report, the winner in the World’s Best Single Malt category wasn’t from Scotland – birthplace of that…
