Max Tannenbaum: New York Hoodlum Brought to L.A. By Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles. It’s the 1950s. You’re on the front lines as a low-level gang associate of famed mobster Mickey Cohen. Associate, enforcer, […]
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Conflict Photographer vs. War Photographer: When the Term Began
As someone who loves the English language but hates change, I arch an eyebrow when I hear a new fangled phrase. Language […]
Sex Worker vs. Prostitute: When the Term Began
Those who would like to retain the word prostitute often want to do so because it retains a dark, unhealthy stigma that they […]
Memory Scraps That Matter: Coffee, Peckers, and Bernstein
This isn’t about coffee or penises, but of course that’s what all you dirty-minded people care about. It’s about: stray advice from […]
Life and Death of the MidAtlantic Accent
From years of watching old movies I had heard the MidAtlantic accent but I had no idea what it was called. I […]
Err, Jibe, and Implosion: Mr. Trumbly Had It Right
At my high school was a teacher named Richard Trumbly. It didn’t matter if you had him as a teacher or not–you […]
Illustration Art Mania
I’m obsessed. It began a few weeks ago when, on an Internet auction, I purchased an original drawing called “Rocket Speedway,” by […]
Octopussy, By Ian Fleming: One of the Best Bonds
I picked up Octopussy, by Ian Fleming, sometime in the 1970s at the small-town public library where I grew up. It was […]
High Tea at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle
I’ve only had high tea a handful of times, as I’m not much of a tea-drinker. But high tea at a grand […]
Years and Years of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, Free and Online
In all their glorious beauty, well over a century of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics covers. And all the pages following the […]