“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” “I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build…
Author: Edward Halterman
Shoeless Joe
In 1919, Shoeless Joe Jackson and the White Sox found themselves back in the running for another World Series ring. Jackson batted .351 during the regular season and .375 with perfect fielding in the World Series. The heavily favored…
A Lovely, Spare Italian Motorcycle
1953
The Donora Smog. 1948.
The fog started building up in Donora on October 27, 1948. By the following day it was causing coughing and other signs of respiratory distress for many residents of the community in the Monongahela River valley. Many of the illnesses…
William Faulkner Knew It – The Old Man and the Sea Was Hemingway’s Best Work
When Faulkner was asked to write a review of Hemingway’s 1952 novella The Old Man and the Sea, he refused. Yet when a couple months later he got the same request from Washington and Lee University’s literary journal, Shenandoah, Faulkner…
David Bowie. Ashes to Ashes
Carb Loading
Most carburetor problems happen after the machine has sat idle for a while. First, check for bad fuel, or better yet, empty the tank entirely and start with fresh fuel. If you have compression and spark but it still won’t…
Down Home Acid Tests
The Spring Grove Experiment is a documentary about how LSD was used as a psychiatric tool. Walter N. Pahnke, minister, physician, and psychiatrist, attended Harvard in the early 1960s where he ultimately earned an MD from Harvard Medical School, a…