Looking back on the 1918 flu pandemic and its possible origin in Kansas
I wrote this story two years ago for Active Age, a monthly newspaper for seniors around Wichita. I thought it could give us a worst case glimpse of a future […]
Category Archives: History
Nine-letter word for puzzle, starts with “c”
Across 1. Before you fold Saturday’s newspaper into a quarter and begin work on the crossword puzzle, faithful readers should pause for a moment to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the […]
Through the mist of time, remembering JFK
In everyone’s life, there are a few events that are seared into your memory. Even if you weren’t involved, you will always remember where you were when you heard about […]
The D-Day beaches, 69 years later
German defenders at nearby strongpoints had an unobstructed view of the beach and the approaching landing craft on D-Day. “They must be crazy,” one German sergeant said. “Are they going […]
A great little museum: The Kansas Cosmosphere
If you ever find yourself in south central Kansas, make time for a visit to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. It’s a fantastic museum to the history […]
Oradour-sur-Glane: A World War II atrocity
ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, France — This is the grimmest of all European war memorials. More grim than any towering monument. More grim than any neatly manicured military cemetery with its symmetric rows […]
Bent by the wind 