By Tony Russo

May I Have Your Attention, Please

There's a difference between serving your audience and selling it.

Nov 16 • 

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We Are All Holding Stones

A thought about original sin

Nov 9 • 

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Notes from the Good Fight

Some days you carpe the diem, some days the diem carpes you.

Nov 6 • 

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The Golden Lamb Hotel

Discover the bizarre in a historic landmark featuring a controversial politician who accidentally shot and killed himself in his hotel room.

Nov 3 • 

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September 2025

The Brians Behind Oscar Pens

A deep dive into retail history, following the hunt for the creator of a unique pen and revealing the changing world of consumer sales.

Sep 25 • 

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Shaking It Off

I have a muddy head, but a clear heart. That should be enough to get started.

Sep 21 • 

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The Politician, the Scoundrel, and the Golden Lamb

An antique postcard reveals the bizarre, true story of a Civil War-era politician whose fatal accident in a historic Ohio hotel helped a murderer walk…

Sep 18 • 

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August 2025

Review: Around the World in 80 Graves: Travel, Tombstones & Transformation

Around the World in 80 Graves is less a travelogue and more a moving meditation on the history and culture of cemetery appreciation.

Aug 27 • 

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Review: Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime that Captivated a Nation by Bruce Dorsey

his review of Murder in a Mill Town by Bruce Dorsey explores a historical crime that reveals America's cultural struggles with industrialism and…

Aug 26 • 

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Watching the World Slip Away

'Hello, Bookstore' Drives the Pandemic Home

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

Road Rage Denied: A Cross-Country Crawl

I want to tell you a little road rage story.

Jul 20 • 

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Let me tell you a story

I wanted to continue pulling at this stranger-than-fiction line of thought I touched on a couple of weeks ago. Kelly and I saw The Accountant 2…

Jul 6 • 

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