This Week in Boston’s History
During this week, in 1768, Boston’s royal customs officials, who on June 11 of that year fled the city for the safety of the British Garrison on Castle William, a fortified island in Boston Harbor,...
View ArticleAnother Week in Boston’s History
Another week, another historical trend to share. I’m going to assume that most of you are familiar with the stuff that was happening 235 years ago (the Continental Congress, the drafting of the...
View ArticleThe 1760s a “Golden Age”? I Don’t Think So
Last night I watched Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, an homage to 1920s Paris, and to that “Golden Age” when the City of Light’s streets were haunted by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald,...
View Article“…To Ourselves and Our Posterity…”
Over the past two weeks, my younger daughter has had an interesting assignment in her middle school humanities class. The teacher had the kids reading not only the U. S. Constitution, but also all...
View ArticleA Worthy Cause
Tonight my wife and I will be attending a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood that is being held at the house of some friends. Planned Parenthood has recently found itself in the crosshairs of social...
View ArticleA More Perfect Union
I’ll get back to Flash Fiction Tips soon — over the weekend or early next week. But I’ve also posted about history on this site; with Thieftaker, my first historical fantasy, coming out later this...
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Today In History: Lighting the Fuse
On this day, in 1765, the English Parliament passed legislation that would come to be known in the North American colonies as the Stamp Act. In the wake of the Seven Years’ War against France...
View ArticleGay Marriage and the Founding Fathers
Earlier today I was listening to NPR, which was airing a discussion of gay marriage and President Obama’s announcement yesterday that he now supports the rights of gay and lesbian Americans to marry....
View ArticleRelease Day Update: Post on Politics and the Writer is Up
My post on politics, ideology, and the writer is now up at “A Dribble of Ink,” the blog site of Aidan Moher. Here’s the link.
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