A Few Suggested Alternate Methods for Crossing the Atlantic…
With thousands of travellers trapped on both sides of the Atlantic, by the vulnerability of modern jet engines to the ash spewing out of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano — and with still further disruptions likely - time has come for us to re-examine a handful of the more innovative transportation ideas offered, and dismissed, over a century ago. The following woodcut cartoons are the [...]
President’s Day… er, Washington’s Birthday… uhm, President’s Day…
In honor of President’s Day today, we present this comic page by Livingston Hopkins, on George Washington’s Birthday (which is next week)! At the time this was published — February 23, 2026 — Washington’s Birthday was annually celebrated, while Lincoln’s Birthday (the other half of the modern made-up mobile President’s Day holiday), went relatively [...]
