In 1893, the historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued with bittersweet persuasiveness that the American frontier was now closed, that its day was accomplished. Perhaps the precise frontier was over, however its mythmaking equipment was simply starting. The very subsequent 12 months, Thomas Edison made a 90-second movie of “Little Miss …

You could plausibly take the point of view that much of the history of the 20th century is one long chain of hate crimes. Still, no one evidently thought to put together the words “hate” and “crime” in any significant way until the 1980s — not even back in 1968, …

Oh, the poetry and the wonder of manned flight! The dream of figures of myth and history, of Icarus and Leonardo da Vinci! Yeah, yeah. In 1910, Los Angeles was in it for the dough. And the PR. The United States’ first significant air show was 10 days of thrilling …

From many cultures of the Mideast and past, we get the helpful saying that “The canines bark, however the caravan strikes on.” That’s the Match of Roses parade for you. It’s been the tradition’s bull’s-eye for being too white, too male, too conservative — however nonetheless, it rolls on. By …