Man walking his dog discovers a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age axe in an English forest
A routine walk through one of England’s ancient forests led to an extraordinary archaeological discovery when a man and his dog came across an axe head believed to be around 3,400 years old. What initially looked like an unremarkable object lying in the…
At 15, Lynne Cox broke the English Channel record for men and women; at 30, after an 11-year wait for permission, she swam through 38°F water from Alaska to the Soviet Union
Lynne Cox: The Swim That Lifted the Iron Curtain Fifteen years after setting a world record in the English Channel, 30-year-old American endurance swimmer Lynne Cox entered the 38°F (3.3°C) waters of the Bering Strait and completed a historic 2.7-mile…
US truckers must speak English: Trump administration moves to make rule permanent
Trucking students practice reverse parking in training trucks at the Driving Academy. (AP Photo) The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has moved to make English-language proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers a permanent part of…
Random Musings: Trumpery – This Middle English Word Eerily Predicted the Age of Donald Trump World News
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and American songwriter Bob Dylan are the only two people to achieve harmony in literature and film: winning both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar. Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for his play “Pygmalion,”…
‘My English is not good enough’: Mark Rutte explains why he calls Trump ‘dad’, says ‘I accept it’
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte finally explains the real reason for his call Donald Trump “Dad” – and said that’s not what a lot of people think. In an interview with Politico, Rutte insisted that the remark was “by no…