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Squanto: The Man Who Shaped Thanksgiving Long before the Mayflower touched the shores of what would become Plymouth, Massachusetts, a young Patuxet man's life would take a series of extraordinary turns that would ultimately shape the course of American history. Tisquantum, known to history as Squanto, lived a life so remarkable that if it appeared in fiction, it would seem impossibly far-fetched. Born around 1585 into the Patuxet tribe, a subdivision of the larger Wampanoag confederation, Tisquantum's early years were spent in a thriving coastal community occupying the exact location where the...

Hitler on Thin Ice: The Turbulent Life of "It's That Man Again"Born from a cheeky challenge to American comedy, "It's That Man Again" (later, simply ITMA) was a wartime whirlwind of satire and silliness. With Tommy Handley, a reigning comic king, at the helm, the show took aim at the absurdity of war, particularly the ever-expanding Nazi menace.Its title, a mischievous nod to headlines trumpeting Hitler's conquests, was initially deemed a bit "walligag" for the airwaves, morphing into the catchier "ITMA." The pilot set sail on a pirate radio ship, a whimsical choice nixed in the face of ...