Monthly Archives: May 2018

Doing

May 3, 2018 | by CJ Woods III

“I don’t do cider,” the woman said from her stool, “but I do love this.” I heard the comment from my assigned seat at the cidery, and was reminded of my casual interest in the conflation of the verbs “do,” and “have.” This happens often in the coffee shop in … Read More

Mary Lincoln — Opium Addict? Part 2

May 3, 2018 | by Al Hunter

In last week’s article, I described how author Harry E. Pratt’s research incorrectly pegged our 16th President as a cocaine user shortly before he was elected in 1860. However, Pratt cannot be blamed entirely because other historians found evidence that the Lincoln family had purchased other powerful drugs in 1853 … Read More