Published: Fri, 09/06/24
Updated: Fri, 09/06/24
If anyone ever deserved a gold star... 2024Hello, This week students and teachers went back to school across the country. Maddening and tragic to see…
Published: Fri, 08/30/24
Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, Pioneering activist for Working Women’s Rights August 30, 2024Hello, Born to Irish immigrants in Hannibal, Missouri during the…
Published: Fri, 08/23/24
YA=young adult books! 2024Hello, Steve Bickmore has spent a decades long career teaching, research, and promotion of young adult literature. Each week…
Published: Fri, 08/16/24
Plus, A Bipartisan Effort You Can Applaud! August 16, 2024Hello, A city on the banks of the Mississippi in ancient times rivaled the populations of…
Published: Fri, 08/09/24
August 9, 2024Hello, Don't be surprised if you haven't heard of Elizabeth Sudmeier, a spy craft pioneer who crashed through the glass ceiling of the…
Published: Fri, 08/02/24
And what we've inherited from the 1936 Nazi e travaganza August 2, 2024Hello, I love the Olympic Games! This year I've only been able to watch a…
Published: Fri, 07/26/24
July 26, 2024Hello, Taking a week off makes it hard to get back in the writing mode. I returned from my travels Monday evening and this week flew…
Published: Fri, 07/12/24
July 12, 2024Hello, First, thank you to everyone I heard from about last week's newsletter! I really appreciate your support!No feature story this…
Published: Thu, 07/04/24
Here's a little history and some unsettling truth July 4, 2024Hello, I'm a day early this week, so I can hit you up with a feature story on the Fourth…
Published: Fri, 06/28/24
A twelve-year-old defies the Ku Klu Klan June 28, 2024Hello, Thirteen people protesting segregation left Washington, D.C., May 4, 1961, on two buses…