The previous post laid out the Midcentury Modern roots of the "woodgrain + chrome" aesthetic that we commonly associate with the ...

Some recent posts have explored how the American Empire's distinctive culture is different from those of the Early Modern Euro empires t...

The first reference to the Tooth Fairy is from a Chicago area newspaper (from the Old Northwest, site of intense Indian wars across a meta-...

I'm preparing a long post on the ancient Indo-European origins of several Easter / arrival-of-spring holiday traditions, but in the mean...

Lone food post here as I'm investigating other topics in greater detail. But my comment about Pizza Hut providing a public space back in...

Getting more into the '90s revival, I got caught on the slow jam "Freak Me" by Silk (lyrics here ). I just had to adapt it! So...

Let's take a break from looking at how the Western frontier has defined our distinctly American culture, as separate from the Old World ...

To celebrate today, a tribute in the style of duwu-wop. Performing tonight, the group that's got all the sharks' a-swoonin'... T...

Well, I wrote a whole 'nother post in the comments section again, but this time it's quite a bit off-topic and something I normally ...