Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks

"Duels were not altogether uncommon among these men in this day. ... Henry Baldwin had fought a duel against another lawyer, Isaac Me...

Yes, I'm sick and tired of the election, too.  I have to confess, though, that the night before the election is just like Christmas Eve...

I was reading an article from the  New York Times  the other day, and the first line of the article was, “Natural gas is King in  Pittsbur...

As we keep the people of Haiti in our thoughts and prayers, it is perhaps an appropriate moment to give a shout out to the memory of the lat...

[In the course of my research for my upcoming book, I get to interview some pretty interesting folks. Some notes from my interview of Reuben...

The last time I saw Agnes Lowzier, it was a misty night in L.A. She had just bargained a dowdy shamus out of a couple of Cs in exchan...

Apropos of nothing ...

L. Frank Baum was born on this day in 1856 in Chittenango, New York. A failed theater owner, dry goods seller and magazine editor, and a ...

Charles D. Seeberger, the "inventor" (sort of) of the escalator, was born on this day in 1857 in Oscaloosa, Iowa. Seeberger was...

... on March 28, 2008, at the Hempfield Area High School gymnasium.

Oh, yes ... I've spent one or two evenings in this generically named tavern on St. James Place in Atlantic City. Enough to know that e...

"Marvin Gardens" was the name that Charles Darrow used in his original 1933 Atlantic City Monopoly game board, but it was in fact...

Categories: Monopoly

On Friday, the 28th, we had an opportunity to see two entertaining bands on the "Downstairs Live" stage at the World Cafe in Phil...

My apologies to regular readers who may have been showing up at this space every morning hoping for a new "parlour trick." It is...

Cleveland, by the numbers, last night: Rating of the martinis at downtown eatery One Walnut: 10 out of 10 Home Runs witnessed at Ja...

"I do not really consider myself a drawer, or an artist . . . I would say, well yes, I draw and I sculpt, and I do applique, embroider...

Poet James Thomson was born on this day in 1700 in Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Thomson was best known for his collection of nature po...