Written by Chip Wood Saturday, 24 December 2011 http://www.thenewamerican.com/opinion/chip-wood/10330-the-man-who-invented-christmas During this season of massive over-commercialization, you may find it hard…
Month: December 2011
Dec 23, 1888: Van Gogh chops off ear
On this day in 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of…
Sons of Liberty Dump British Tea Dec 16, 1773
On this day in 1773, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored…
On His Birthday, Remembering Mark Twain’s Gifts to The Atlantic
By Brian Resnick Now an American icon, the Huckleberry Finn author received his first big break in the pages of…
