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60Sources Go With Facts
by William F. Torpey
If I know something to be a fact, that's good enough for me. Nevertheless, you can't just state a fact without fear of contradiction. Often, when I state what to me is a fact, someone always wants to know: Where did you hear that? Answer? Today in History! published 6 weeks ago
66History Often Depends On Who Writes It
by William F. Torpey
I was just a boy during World War II, but I have many memories, both good and bad. It's been said that the history of the world will be written by the victors; if the Axis powers had won that war, who knows what the history books would be saying now? published 2 months ago
64Hi, Friend; I've Got My Eye On You!
by William F. Torpey
It isn't until your brow begins to wrinkle with age that you realize how fast the news of the day becomes history. And, as an ancient expression goes, the older you get the faster the time goes. We were just kids during WW II. To a man, though, we were patriotic, almost jingoistic. published 9 months ago
63The (Good) Old Days Weren't So Bad After All
by William F. Torpey
Yonkers, N.Y., was a bustling community in the '30s and '40s when I grew up. It was a great city, once known as "The City of Gracious Living." Recently, however, I read in the New York Times that it's now sometimes referred to as "Beirut-on-the-Hudson." published 12 months ago
63Those Lessons They Never Taught Us in School
by William F. Torpey
This story relates how a big brother who didn't make it to high school or college -- through his own innate common sense -- taught his little brother, who graduated from high school and college, more than any teacher or professor he ever had. published 13 months ago
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