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The Moody Blues Deram SML 711 UK 1968 Spurred on by a lousy treatment in this Wikipedia article , I offer my interpretation of th...

Today we launch our new proprietary stock picking system: Barron’s Buffett Barometer, or  B-Cubed ( B 3 for ease of reference). At its he...

I am weary of reading about Warren Buffett in Barron’s. This week the magazine mentioned him twice. A couple of weeks ago, his company Berk...

To: The Editor  Las Vegas Review-Journal   Sir:  I wish your comics page included my favorite features: Rex Morgan M.D . and Judge Par...

I blanched when I read this quote from journalist David Roberts, which appeared in  Bill  McKibben's  Power to the People: Why the Rise ...

Life became more difficult recently when a phrase from an old British TV advertisement popped into my mind, interrupting my train of thought...

Archaeologists recently found about 300 Roman coins buried on the grounds of a school in Reading, England. These intrepid explorers c ame up...

This hoard was concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. How long had the treasure been hidden there? That's anyone's...

The Londonist reports that the long-abandoned Down Street Underground station may reopen, if it can be converted to some new public use. Bu...

Alas. Another giant of the film industry has passed on. Claire Gordon, Actress - Obituary  Starred in Sex Comedies in the 1960s Dail...

Repairing a toilet in this old building in Lecce, Italy, Luciano Faggiano discovered a false floor. Beneath it were underground corridors, a...

Like most normal males, I don't read beauty tips, no matter who they come from. But in this case, I am happy to make an exception.  Li...

Columbia Records Inc. Set C-129.  Copyright 1947. 4 discs. 78 RPM This record by pianist Frankie Carle was forever around our house thr...

Amateur divers recently found nearly 2,000 coins from the 11 th century in this ancient harbor in Israel: Link: Israel's largest...

Ah, Bristol. You keep popping up in my life, when I least expect it. Her fiance must be a good man. He won the Medal of Honor. But now he ...

This politicaly incorrect Funny Face Drink Mix commercial from the early 1960s includes two shockingly unkind racial stereotypes. At the ve...

466 pp., Penguin Books, 2008 ISBN 978-0-14-311562-5 (pbk) Here's another smasher from Tana French. I’m ready to declare this one ...

A prospector discovered this 70-ounce gold nugget in Butte County, California in October. It's amazing that something so large went unde...

I read 37 books in 2014. That’s hardly surprising, since I was either unemployed or retired, depending on how you view it, for eight of tho...

Construction workers found about $60,000 in small bills hidden inside a wall while remodeling an old house. The house, built in 1910, is typ...