Share There is a certain scene in HBO’s John Adams that I have always appreciated. It was not until recently that I discovered that “Hail, Columbia!” — the song sung in this scene — was the un-official national anthem of the United States until 1931, when an FDR-era Congress chose differently: Interestingly enough are the [...]

Share Sadly yes, this really happened. An anti-tax group wanted to pitch in real tea like the Bostonian revolutionaries opposed to England’s tea taxes. Tea, although natural and quite tasty, is considered a pollutant that can’t go into a body of water without a permit, said Mike Wade, a senior environmental specialist at the DNR’s [...]