Enlightened Age

Recently my Mom gave me a bunch of letters from my Uncle, who was killed in  WWII, a Bombardier who perished over Bremen, Germany in August...

On May 7th, 1789 President George Washington attended a ball in his honor, which became the model for the official inaugural ball, held for...

Recently I have been watching a lecture series about Leonardo da Vinci, his paintings, his sculptures, his drawings, his fresco work. The...

The other day the news featured a bit about Pluto, and is it or is it not a planet? This is a controversy that goes back a while, and the p...

Yesterday I read an article about recently found treasure recovered from a sunken ships. As many as we find, especially with today's ...

With Orthodox Easter (or Pascha, as it is better known) on its way, I like to listen to some religious music as I drive along. I do have...

Here's an interesting bit concerning The Battle of Waterloo: Recently, archeologists have identified the skeletal remains of a man ...