Biography

Notes inspired by Robert Caro

Also, a crackpot teacher from my past

Mar 15 •

A modern Renaissance man is a role model for those coping with serious mental illness

The story of Dr. Austin Mardon

May 30, 2024 •

How famed director Billy Wilder's career hinged on a crucial face-to-face meeting in Mexico

Also, Abraham Lincoln captured on film and remembering Charles Schulz.

Feb 15, 2024 •

Family feud at a giant cheese company

The recent courtroom saga involving the Leprino family had all the elements of a movie or TV series.

Jan 31, 2024 •

A Venetian abroad: even after 700 years, Marco Polo seems modern

The explorer opened medieval minds and contributed to a new era in European thought and development

Jan 11, 2024 •

Kissinger's introspection, Aristotle's formula for persuasion and T.E. Lawrence's guilty conscience

Also this week, profiling a family-centred organization that provides support and fights stigma surrounding schizophrenia

Dec 7, 2023 •

Four historical figures who grabbed life by the horns

Anecdotes about Julius Caesar, Olive Anne Beech, James E. Hanger and A.P. Giannini.

Oct 19, 2023 •

Remembering Olive Ann Beech, an American business pioneer

Also, a plea for democratic reforms, World Schizophrenia Awareness Day and Hergé.

May 25, 2023 •

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