As a writer, I am startled by the tidbits of history I encounter in my reading of the daily news. Moments snipped out of time become collected in a handy repository: my notebook, the backs of envelopes, the scattered scraps…
United States of America
“Social Justice begins at home”
by AJ Sikes • • Comments Off
Perhaps no truer words have been uttered in the course of America’s history. What many may find surprising is that the quote taken as the title here is from none other than James Couzens, Treasurer of the Ford Motor Company…
Is There a Santa Claus?
by Zachariah Fantastique • • Comments Off
Editor’s Note: While not Steampunk per se, the editorial “Is There a Santa Claus?” written by Francis Pharcellus Church and published in The Sun newspaper on September 21, 1897, is nevertheless an intriguing example of the power of the written…