Richard's Pretension

On this Memorial Day weekend, I’d like to extend the remembrances to the Roman legions. Why? Because on this date 558 years ago, the Roman E...

We all know how to mislead without telling a lie; we simply are selective about what truths we mention. All history books, even when accur...

In 2006 Myspace was the dominant social network. It had well over a hundred million users worldwide and was adding tens of thousands per day...

Global life expectancy in the past century rose from 30 years to 67. Countries vary dramatically, as you might expect. Monaco currently tops...

I attended the wedding ceremony of a friend of mine a couple days ago on Friday the 13th. Obviously, the bride and groom are not very supers...

A longstanding fantasy of those who have endured too many bad relationships and awkward singles scenes (see previous blog) has been to bypas...

The major roads through Morristown, NJ, meet at the central square called the Green. Unsurprisingly, traffic jams are normal at rush hour. T...