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10 Secrets of the Hotel Pennsylvania, Under Demolition - Untapped New York
10 Secrets of the Hotel Pennsylvania, Under Demolition - Untapped New York Demolished earlier this year, it was built in 1919 as a companion to the original Penn Station across the street, and both were designed by McKim, Mead, &...
Football | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Football | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Semi-pro football in Tulsa: "In Tulsa the Oilers formed in 1966 and played in the Texas Professional Football League, played the 1967 season as the Thunderbirds, moved to Bartlesville as the...
The Coliseum, Tulsa | The University of Tulsa Archival Catalog
The Coliseum, Tulsa | The University of Tulsa Archival Catalog Photo of Tulsa's indoor sports arena, taken from a high vantage point (likely from the Philtower), showing lettering on the roof, presumably for the benefit of passing planes, identifying the...
Edward Bernays: Prophet of "Spin" - Law & Liberty
Edward Bernays: Prophet of "Spin" - Law & Liberty "As Bernays saw it, a healthy democratic society requires the regulation of the beliefs of the many by the work of an unseen few. Such people understand the principles of psychology...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Beautiful color map of the 1904 World's Fair, showing the state, territorial, and national pavilions, Model City, Intramural Railway, connections to steam and electric railways. A massive Philippine Exhibit...
Feminists Screaming about 'Transgenderism,' Their Own Demon Child
Feminists Screaming about 'Transgenderism,' Their Own Demon Child }Let's take a trip down Bad Memory Lane. For approximately three decades, the prevailing feminist doctrine was 'gender neutrality' theory; it held that the sexes are the same except for the superficial...
The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) | Intellectual Takeout
The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) | Intellectual Takeout "The results of the study revealed that timbral variety went down over time, meaning songs are becoming more homogeneous. Translation: most pop music now sounds the same. Timbral quality...
Slate: What Seth Stevenson learned at the Wendelstedt School for Umpires.
Slate: What Seth Stevenson learned at the Wendelstedt School for Umpires. Long ago, between college and fatherhood, I was obsessed with minor-league baseball and historic ballparks, seeing games in Bradenton and Durham, Dunedin and Melbourne, Little Rock and St. Catherines,...
Ben Carson Has It | The American Spectator
Ben Carson Has It | The American Spectator "Carson is presidential material -- in fact the most plausible president among the front runners. "In a long and grueling campaign he has shown patience, adamantine dignity, a thorough grasp of the...
Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ
Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ As American grownups continue to find ways to wreck childhood fun.... "Other popular sports, including soccer and basketball, have suffered as youth sports participation in general has declined and become more specialized. A...
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