9 ghost towns to visit, from China to Africa, Ukraine and Hong Kong – eerie reminders of war, disaster and loss

The area now known as Bodie State Historic Park was home to as many as 8,000 people, who had hurried to central California in 1859 upon learning that W.S. Body (aka William Bodey) had struck gold. Its heyday was from 1876 to 1882, after which began a long decline. As for Bodey, he froze to … Read more

Nip this wokeness before it’s too late

Another day, another round of virtue-signaling in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tomorrow’s exhibition of woke breast-beating will unfold in the town of Plymouth – “America’s Hometown.” The voters there are being asked to decide whether they want to ban “nip” bottles of alcohol. Consider the dazzling panoply of catastrophes facing the state right now – … Read more