Random Thoughts by Mark Milliorn

In these modern times, there is a grave misunderstanding circulating among reasonable people: the quaint belief that moderation, compromise,...

Britbox is rerunning the old Lovejoy series, and I’m hooked.  If you have never watched the show—and I recommend that you do—the series is ...

Unfortunately, Hogwarts is not real.  But, if you look carefully, there are a few places where real magic has occurred regularly.  Menlo Par...

Let’s start with Houndsditch, the where everything started:  Houndsditch, as the name literally indicates, started as a combination drainage...

Shortly before the launch of the USS New Mexico , a modern fast attack, nuclear submarine, the Captain and First Officer made a goodwill tou...

Tsondoku is the Japanese term for the quirk of buying books and letting them literally pile up unread.  If this were a deadly disease, I wou...

Throughout history, there have been people, usually women, who have been famous for being famous.  Singularly lacking in personal accomplish...

Back in the sixties, there was a monthly contest at Lackland AFB, with a cash prize for anyone suggesting a helpful new way to improve base ...

Frequent readers—and judging by my hate mail there are more than a few of you—know that I’m fascinated by shipwrecks.  The only individual t...

While I eagerly await the season three of Gilded Age, I recently rewatched the first two seasons.  I like the show, but I have a few picky l...

I want to talk about lead paint, but since I’m not an artist but a historian, I have to start the story at the beginning.  The very beginnin...