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Mike Keeler

MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH

Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day back in April 2020, when the world was completely shut down, the Earth...

MIKE KEELER: The Amazing Thing . . .

This past week’s solar eclipse up in the great north woods was pretty amazing, And...

MIKE KEELER: Spring 1774: Intolerable

In the aftermath of the destruction of the Francis Scott Key bridge this past week,...

Mike Keeler: Back in Daylight Spending Time

As we move into Daylight Savings Time, turns out the only thing we’re saving is...

MIKE KEELER: Who Are We REALLY Celebrating?

On President’s Day weekend, it’s nice to know there are some things we can all...

Sadly, You’ve Heard This One Before

by Mike WheelerAnd you have Daniel Butterfield to thank.  He was just a kid from Utica, New York, who attended Union College and...

It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good

by Mike KeelerCamellia sinensis came down to humans from high above.  Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...

A Man Went Up A Mountain to Pick Up the Trash

by Mike KeelerHe had become concerned by the amount of junk which visitors had left behind.  The mountain was becoming more famous for...

How Good Words Go Bad

by Mike KeelerStart with a perfectly good word.  Take, for example, "cacher," which comes from the Latin "coactare - to constrain" and which...

Welcome to the United States of Diversity

by Mike KeelerOK, kids!  Time for a geography pop quiz:  where in the world are the following cities, and what do they have...

Government Makes Good on A Very Old Promise

by Mike Keeler It involves a small tract of land, set amid rolling foothills, adjacent to a world-famous tourist destination. For many years...