Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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ADVICE
Be Your Own Boss: How to Start a Home-Based Business
Not Only for New Grads: Common-Sense Job Hunting
BIOGRAPHY
Larger Than Life: Remembering Lincoln Diamant
A Many-Talented Troubadour: Remembering Harry Chapin
A Harry Chapin Miscellany
CURRENT AFFAIRS
What the F*** Am I Doing Here?
A Voter's Guide to Reality in the Middle East, or What the Politicians Won't Tell You
The War Nobody Wanted
The President's Excess Baggage: Three Fallacies About the Middle East
Awakening from History: Iraq, the Dangerous Diversion
The Great Game Goes On
HISTORY
The First Unknown Soldier: Symbol of Another Great Generation
Who Wrote the Bugle Call Taps?
A Short History of Memorial Day
'Twas the Day After Christmas: The Battle at Trenton
General Washington Educates the British: The Battle at Princeton
The Postscripts Roll of Honor: 156 Who Voted Against the Iraq War
"Like Eating Soup with a Knife": Why the U.S. Cannot Win in Iraq
"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and the Big Fool Says to Push On"
Ghosts of Christmas Past: Exploring the Origins of the Holiday
Guns of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
Lo, the Poor Indian! Notes on Amerindian Origins
In Search of Halloween: Myth and Reality
Those Were the Days, 1: Requiem for the Post Roads
Those Were the Days, 2: Homage to the Concord
Those Were the Days, 3: A Toast to Taverns
Myths of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
More Myths of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
The Anatomy of Terror 1: A Bloody Past
The Anatomy of Terror 2: A New Kind of War
The Improbable Country: Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq
Then, as Now--One Year Later
Then, as Now: The Grim Parallelism of Two Wars
HUMOR
The Anatomy of Humor 23: More Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
The Anatomy of Humor 22: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
The Anatomy of Humor 21: The Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker, Part Two
The Anatomy of Humor 20: The Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker, Part One
The Anatomy of Humor 19: One-liners
The Anatomy of Humor 18: Lawyer Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 17: Doctor Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 16: Lightbulb Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 15: Still More Third-Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 14: More Third-Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 13: Third Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 12: Yo Momma So Ugly . . .
The Anatomy of Humor 11: Yo Momma So Fat . . .
The Anatomy of Humor 10: Insult Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 9: Knock-Knock Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 8: More Puns
The Anatomy of Humor 7: The Immortal Pun
The Anatomy of Humor 6: "A guy walks into a bar. . ."
The Anatomy of Humor 5: Scottish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 4: More Jewish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 3: Jewish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 2: Irish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 1: What's So Funny?
LITERARY LORE
A Murder in Peekskill: A Literary Detective Story
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? 1
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? 2
Did They Really Say That? Quotations and Misquotations
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
Marinus Willett: Forgotten Savior of Peekskill
'How Hard Is My Fate': The Arnold-André Affair, 3
'Treason of the Blackest Dye': The Arnold-André Affair, 2
Ill Met by Moonlight: The Arnold-André Affair, 1
First to Fight, First to Die: The Beau Geste of Edmond Genet
Rediscovering Henry Hudson's Half Moon
Far from Home: The Lenape Indians Trail of Tears
The Rivers Ran Red: Gov. Kieft's Holocaust
The Lenape: Westchester's First Inhabitants
The Lenape Series Bibliography
Lest We Forget: An Album of Remembrance
The Trouble I've Seen: The Nils Andersen Story
Naming the Land: What's Your Local Place Name I.Q.?
Days of Hope and Glory: When Croton Water Came to the City
The Old Croton Aqueduct: An Engineering Marvel
'No Irish Need Apply': The Clash of Cultures Along the Old Croton Aqueduct
How Epidemics and Fires Led to the Building of the Old Croton Aqueduct
Queen of the Hudson: A History of Hudson River Sloops
When Sing Sing Was a 'Model' Prison
No Longer on the Map: Forgotten Place Names in Northwestern Westchester
The Riddle of Anthony's Nose
The Two Journeys of Abraham Lincoln
Toqueville's Democracy in America: Solving a Mystery and Exposing a Fraud
Thank You, Henry Hudson: America's Debt to the Dutch
Remembering the First Provisional Regiment: They Guarded New York City's Water Supply
MOVIE TRIVIA
'Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn'
'Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain'
'Play It Again, Sam'
THE NOBODY ASKED ME SERIES
Thank You, Jimmy Cannon
OP-ED
Mr. President: 'We Don't Have a Dog in This Fight."
The Frightening Bush Legacy
Will 2012 Be "the Elephants' Graveyard" of American Politics?
High Jinks in the Arrogant World of High Finance
Iran: Imminent Threat or Paper Tiger?
What Manner of Man: Meditations on the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who's the War Party Now? 25 Ingredients for a Republican Disaster
Three Words that Shook the World
I Am the American Veteran, Remember Me?
A Tale of Two Cities
Shame on Us
The View from Hubbert's Peak
QUOTABLE QUOTES
Dogs, Dogs, Wonderful Dogs!
Top Ten Notable Quotables of 2008
Bushspeak Roundup: The Final 20 Days
Bushspeak Update, Second Half of 2008
Bushspeak Update, First Half of 2008
Bushspeak Update, Second Half of 2007
Bushspeak Update, First Half of 2007
Three Little Words: George W. Bush's Infatuation with the Sound of His Favorite Phrase
The Weird World of Bushspeak, Updated Again
The Prequel: Early Examples of Weird Bushspeak
TECHNICS
Peter Paul Schilovsky: Genius of the Gyrocar
The Peter Cooper Story, 1: The Lost Peekskill Years
The Peter Cooper Story, 2: A Man Ahead of His Time
Does Mourning Become the Electric? 1: The Rise of the Electric Car
Does Mourning Become the Electric? 2 : The Fall and Resurrection of the Electric Car
The Preston Tucker Story 1: Ordeal by Trial
The Preston Tucker Story 2: Triumph and Tragedy
A Short History of the Air Rifle
Of Viruses, Worms and Spyware: The Dangerous Underworld of the Internet
Who Invented the Bowie Knife?
The View from Hubbert's Peak
THEATER LORE
Disinheriting the Wind: How Broadway and Hollywood Distorted History
Almost Famous: The Spelvins, the Plinges and the Smithees
WALKING CLASSICS
Companions for the Trail: Walking Classics
A Spring Walk
Books for Walkers
Where the Forest Murmurs
Emerson at Yosemite
The Pleasure of Walking
THE WRITING CLINIC
Clear Writing: How to Achieve and Measure Readability
Come Blow Your Horn: Do-It-Yourself Book Promotion for Authors
Get the Word Out: Secrets of Successful News Releases
Your Slip Is Showing: Making Your Writing Look Professional
So You Want to Be a Writer? Frequently Asked Questions
The Work Habits of Highly Successful Writers
Be Your Own Boss: How to Start a Home-Based Business
Not Only for New Grads: Common-Sense Job Hunting
BIOGRAPHY
Larger Than Life: Remembering Lincoln Diamant
A Many-Talented Troubadour: Remembering Harry Chapin
A Harry Chapin Miscellany
CURRENT AFFAIRS
What the F*** Am I Doing Here?
A Voter's Guide to Reality in the Middle East, or What the Politicians Won't Tell You
The War Nobody Wanted
The President's Excess Baggage: Three Fallacies About the Middle East
Awakening from History: Iraq, the Dangerous Diversion
The Great Game Goes On
HISTORY
The First Unknown Soldier: Symbol of Another Great Generation
Who Wrote the Bugle Call Taps?
A Short History of Memorial Day
'Twas the Day After Christmas: The Battle at Trenton
General Washington Educates the British: The Battle at Princeton
The Postscripts Roll of Honor: 156 Who Voted Against the Iraq War
"Like Eating Soup with a Knife": Why the U.S. Cannot Win in Iraq
"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and the Big Fool Says to Push On"
Ghosts of Christmas Past: Exploring the Origins of the Holiday
Guns of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
Lo, the Poor Indian! Notes on Amerindian Origins
In Search of Halloween: Myth and Reality
Those Were the Days, 1: Requiem for the Post Roads
Those Were the Days, 2: Homage to the Concord
Those Were the Days, 3: A Toast to Taverns
Myths of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
More Myths of the American Revolution: Setting the Record Straight
The Anatomy of Terror 1: A Bloody Past
The Anatomy of Terror 2: A New Kind of War
The Improbable Country: Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq
Then, as Now--One Year Later
Then, as Now: The Grim Parallelism of Two Wars
HUMOR
The Anatomy of Humor 23: More Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
The Anatomy of Humor 22: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
The Anatomy of Humor 21: The Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker, Part Two
The Anatomy of Humor 20: The Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker, Part One
The Anatomy of Humor 19: One-liners
The Anatomy of Humor 18: Lawyer Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 17: Doctor Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 16: Lightbulb Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 15: Still More Third-Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 14: More Third-Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 13: Third Grader Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 12: Yo Momma So Ugly . . .
The Anatomy of Humor 11: Yo Momma So Fat . . .
The Anatomy of Humor 10: Insult Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 9: Knock-Knock Jokes
The Anatomy of Humor 8: More Puns
The Anatomy of Humor 7: The Immortal Pun
The Anatomy of Humor 6: "A guy walks into a bar. . ."
The Anatomy of Humor 5: Scottish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 4: More Jewish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 3: Jewish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 2: Irish Humor
The Anatomy of Humor 1: What's So Funny?
LITERARY LORE
A Murder in Peekskill: A Literary Detective Story
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? 1
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? 2
Did They Really Say That? Quotations and Misquotations
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
Marinus Willett: Forgotten Savior of Peekskill
'How Hard Is My Fate': The Arnold-André Affair, 3
'Treason of the Blackest Dye': The Arnold-André Affair, 2
Ill Met by Moonlight: The Arnold-André Affair, 1
First to Fight, First to Die: The Beau Geste of Edmond Genet
Rediscovering Henry Hudson's Half Moon
Far from Home: The Lenape Indians Trail of Tears
The Rivers Ran Red: Gov. Kieft's Holocaust
The Lenape: Westchester's First Inhabitants
The Lenape Series Bibliography
Lest We Forget: An Album of Remembrance
The Trouble I've Seen: The Nils Andersen Story
Naming the Land: What's Your Local Place Name I.Q.?
Days of Hope and Glory: When Croton Water Came to the City
The Old Croton Aqueduct: An Engineering Marvel
'No Irish Need Apply': The Clash of Cultures Along the Old Croton Aqueduct
How Epidemics and Fires Led to the Building of the Old Croton Aqueduct
Queen of the Hudson: A History of Hudson River Sloops
When Sing Sing Was a 'Model' Prison
No Longer on the Map: Forgotten Place Names in Northwestern Westchester
The Riddle of Anthony's Nose
The Two Journeys of Abraham Lincoln
Toqueville's Democracy in America: Solving a Mystery and Exposing a Fraud
Thank You, Henry Hudson: America's Debt to the Dutch
Remembering the First Provisional Regiment: They Guarded New York City's Water Supply
MOVIE TRIVIA
'Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn'
'Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain'
'Play It Again, Sam'
THE NOBODY ASKED ME SERIES
Thank You, Jimmy Cannon
OP-ED
Mr. President: 'We Don't Have a Dog in This Fight."
The Frightening Bush Legacy
Will 2012 Be "the Elephants' Graveyard" of American Politics?
High Jinks in the Arrogant World of High Finance
Iran: Imminent Threat or Paper Tiger?
What Manner of Man: Meditations on the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who's the War Party Now? 25 Ingredients for a Republican Disaster
Three Words that Shook the World
I Am the American Veteran, Remember Me?
A Tale of Two Cities
Shame on Us
The View from Hubbert's Peak
QUOTABLE QUOTES
Dogs, Dogs, Wonderful Dogs!
Top Ten Notable Quotables of 2008
Bushspeak Roundup: The Final 20 Days
Bushspeak Update, Second Half of 2008
Bushspeak Update, First Half of 2008
Bushspeak Update, Second Half of 2007
Bushspeak Update, First Half of 2007
Three Little Words: George W. Bush's Infatuation with the Sound of His Favorite Phrase
The Weird World of Bushspeak, Updated Again
The Prequel: Early Examples of Weird Bushspeak
TECHNICS
Peter Paul Schilovsky: Genius of the Gyrocar
The Peter Cooper Story, 1: The Lost Peekskill Years
The Peter Cooper Story, 2: A Man Ahead of His Time
Does Mourning Become the Electric? 1: The Rise of the Electric Car
Does Mourning Become the Electric? 2 : The Fall and Resurrection of the Electric Car
The Preston Tucker Story 1: Ordeal by Trial
The Preston Tucker Story 2: Triumph and Tragedy
A Short History of the Air Rifle
Of Viruses, Worms and Spyware: The Dangerous Underworld of the Internet
Who Invented the Bowie Knife?
The View from Hubbert's Peak
THEATER LORE
Disinheriting the Wind: How Broadway and Hollywood Distorted History
Almost Famous: The Spelvins, the Plinges and the Smithees
WALKING CLASSICS
Companions for the Trail: Walking Classics
A Spring Walk
Books for Walkers
Where the Forest Murmurs
Emerson at Yosemite
The Pleasure of Walking
THE WRITING CLINIC
Clear Writing: How to Achieve and Measure Readability
Come Blow Your Horn: Do-It-Yourself Book Promotion for Authors
Get the Word Out: Secrets of Successful News Releases
Your Slip Is Showing: Making Your Writing Look Professional
So You Want to Be a Writer? Frequently Asked Questions
The Work Habits of Highly Successful Writers
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