Before the internet, we used to argue about stuff. Who led the American League in home runs in 1965? Who lost the presidential election...

My first exposure to Ted Williams was as the old guy in the fishing boat selling Nissen bread on Boston TV in the 1980s. Come to find...

This set of reference books was my first, and remains deeply important to me. Published in 1980 (which makes them older than my wife),...

Imagine Steve Jobs with social skills, or Elon Musk with scientific chops, or Neil deGrasse Tyson with political influence, and you start...

Here we go again. I'd write more, but it's a little nuts over here...

Paul Boller's series is a longtime favorite of mine. There's Presidential Anecotes, Congressional Anecdotes, a book on Presidential...

I'm going to break one of my own rules and include a book I haven't yet read. Coming home yesterday from vacation, among the bills and...