by Mari K Eder | Aug 8, 2026 | Newsletters
It is nearly time. Yes, back to school in September but it is also time for fall and winter sports seasons to begin. Its NFL of course but there is so much more! The professional alpine skiing season will begin in late October in Europe. By that time the World... 
by Mari K Eder | Jul 2, 2024 | Newsletters
Schools tend to teach history in Blocks—the Great Depression, the Revolutionary War era, The Gilded Age, and more. These artificial boundaries distract us from one of the greatest lessons we can possibly learn from history—the trends, tides of change, and how evolving... 
by Mari K Eder | Dec 7, 2023 | Newsletters
A dark holiday season arrived early in New York City that year. It was December 1941, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had just occurred three weeks earlier. Everyone was on edge. Even Mae Foley, a New York Policewoman and mother of two grown... 
by Mari K Eder | Nov 2, 2023 | Newsletters
From my November 2023 Newsletter: In September I was watching commentary on the U.S. Open when a broadcaster repeated a quote from tennis great Billie Jean King. He said she often remarked, “Pressure is a privilege.” I was immediately struck by those words... 
by Mari K Eder | Oct 3, 2023 | Newsletters
From my October 2023 Newsletter: In just two weeks, I’ll be in Phoenix, Arizona, where I will be privileged to receive the Historian of the Year Award for 2023 from Historic Hotels of America, part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Historic Hotels...