Posts Tagged ‘TRANSPORTATION-TELEPHONE GENERATION’
Court Packing: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Reshaped the U.S. Supreme Court
In 1937 nobody was more popular than Franklin D. Roosevelt. His “New Deal”–hinged to Social Security and unemployment benefits–catapulted FDR to a 523-8 electoral landslide (60.8% of the popular vote)…
Read MoreThe Day Teddy Made America a New Global Nation
In our global culture and shrinking world–thanks to cyber communications–it’s hard to believe there was a time (120 years ago) when few people ventured more than a day’s walk (20…
Read MoreThe Model T Defined an Era
The Model T was not Henry Ford’s first car, but it might’ve been his best. Also known as the “Tin Lizzie” or “Leaping Lena” or “Jitney” or “Flivver,” the Model…
Read MoreWhat Hath God Wrought? The Birth of Telecommunications
Samuel Morse is where telecommunications all began. He invented the telegraph and created the Morse code. An 1810 graduate of Yale, Morse was also an accomplished artist who founded and…
Read MoreAmerica Embraces Debt
“Put it on my card!” It’s the American way. We buy now, pay later. The history for card purchases is nothing new. In fact, it was first described in an…
Read MoreThe Hindenburg Disaster
Nobody knew it at the time, but the Hindenberg disaster was the beginning of the end for air travel by blimp. For decades, the rich used blimps to travel to…
Read MoreThe Generational Impact of COVID-19
Everybody is talking about COVID-19. And right we should. This is our Great Depression-Pearl Harbor-WW2 all rolled into one. It has done what neither 9-11-01 or the Great Recession could…
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