http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:50:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved. Now that we're on the verge of falling back into Standard Time -- or "God's time," as some would have it -- the fingers of blame for the senseless exercise called Daylight Saving will soon be wagging again. And, as they have ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=43 by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved. "He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself" -- C. Clement Moore This Santa Claus is certainly a magical fellow. He flies through the sky, is rarely seen outside of ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=41 by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1994 All rights reserved. "My Christmas was bean soup without bread. The boys are not seeing a good deal of fun," wrote Johnny Jackman in his diary 146 years ago. A trooper in the 9th Kentucky of the Confederacy, Jackman's lean Christmas was shared by thousands of ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=39 by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1993 All rights reserved. Christmas trees are decorated with lights that ward off the darkness of winter. Wreathes hanging on doors symbolize the circle of the seasons. Rem [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="143" caption="Mistletoe Decoration"][/caption] inders of the Christian holiday (stars, manger scenes, candles) and the spirit of giving ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=36 In 1912, former Presdient Theodore Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency promising national health insurance along with women's suffrage, safe conditions for industrial workers, a federal minimum wage, and an old-age pension.In many ways, the election of 1912 was a pivotal moment in American politics, inspiring fundamental changes still influencing society ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=32 A surprising, and as yet not fully explained, phenomenon took place about 1840, just as the era of the Mountain Men was coming to an end. Even though there was abundant cheap land available throughout the prairies and plains of latter-day Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and more, thousands of Easterners took ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=29 At the core of the conflict is the reality that redress for the Jewish victims of centuries of European pogroms, which culminated in the Holocaust, made victims out of Palestinians, non-Europeans who had nothing to do with the repression of Jews on the Continent.... ...the majority of Gaza's inhabitants are refugees ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=27 by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 2007. All rights reserved. Most songs don't keep. People sing them for a few years, then lose interest. New tunes replace the old in a continuous cycle and yesterday's lyrics are soon forgotten. Even Christmas carols, the most traditional sounds in American music, have fairly shallow roots. ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=25 Historically, bear markets are followed with powerful rallies. According to Prudential Investment Management, in the past nine bear markets (going back to the 1950's), when the market declined substantially as the economy contracted, the average first year recovery saw a 36% return. The following year showed a 12% average return. For ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=23 The Day of the Cattleman by Ernest Staples Osgood, University of Chicago Press, 1957 In the year 1874, patents for barbed wire and for a machine for making it were taken out by J.F. Glidden of De Kalb, Illinois. By 1880 barbed-wire factories in the United States were turning out forty thousand tons ... http://outriderbooks.com/outofthepast/?p=21