Sunday, December 11, 2016

Everything I write is now posted daily on my website

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I am now writing daily blog posts about my poetry, book reviews, history and other topics on my website, click here:     http://richard...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Rick Subber's new website

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Here’s a sneak preview of my new website, check it out here: http://richardsubber.com/ It’s still under construction, but you can ...
Monday, September 26, 2016

"...the commotions in America..."

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A war by any other name.... It seems not everyone in London languished in post-war pain for years and years after the American colonis...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Let’s put one more thing in context….

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In  America in 1877 , 101 years after the Declaration of Independence: Minor league baseball was organized The first Easter “eg...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Chautauqua, revisited….

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The 19 th  century successes of the Chautauqua Institution of New York have always appealed to me. I believe I would have been thrilled t...
Friday, September 2, 2016

….another 3rd grade tour

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An historical society docent of course doesn’t mind talking about the same stuff with every tour group, and the groups with kids reliably...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Gee willikers, six miles an hour!

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Roller coasters have been a hit since the early 1800s in France. The  first roller coaster  in America opened in 1884 on Coney Isla...
Monday, August 22, 2016

The women who pioneered electronic music

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Electronic music doesn’t talk to me in a real loud voice, but this piece from OpenCulture.com rings a few bells. It’s intriguing beca...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The times they are a-changin’….

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The inexorable demographic transformation of America is part of the context for the current dangerous turmoil in our politics. For in...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Blame the men!

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As you know, it wasn’t always true in the United States that women were “permitted” to vote. In 1889, legislators in the  Wyoming t...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

Kids will be kids -- update

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There has been a fascinating and, I think, poorly understood evolution of parenting and childhood since the earliest colonial days of the...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Speed!

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It was big news 140 years ago. The Transcontinental Express made the trip from New York City to San Francisco in 83 hours—only three da...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

The cod in “Cape Cod”

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Some readers may know this, but I didn’t: Cape Cod was named by an English explorer,  Gosnold (1571-1607) Bartholomew Gosnold, in...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

It wasn’t the good old days….

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Sarah Parker Remond “  ...in 1853, Sarah Parker Remond and two other African Americans entered a Boston theater intending to enjo...
Friday, April 22, 2016

It started out as a “bachelor’s” degree….

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There’s a plain Jane reason why that four-year sheepskin is called a “bachelor’s degree.” In the 11 th century, the men who went to co...
Friday, April 15, 2016

“Mannish Boy”….hold that thought

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When McKinley Morganfield was born 103 years ago, nobody knew that he would become “the father of modern Chicago blues.” That’s b...