Feb 23, 2018 01:00PM ● By Max Sparber
A lot can change in 35 years, even in Omaha, a town where some places look like a glacier flowed over 2 million years ago and only unfroze a...
Jan 12, 2018 01:46PM ● By Max Sparber
Nebraska has spent the past year celebrating its 150th anniversary as a state, and this seems about as good a time as any to look at some re...
Sep 08, 2017 03:23PM ● By Max Sparber
Americans have a taste for sweet foods. According to the American Heart Association, the average American consumes three times the daily rec...
Jun 08, 2017 03:11PM ● By Max Sparber
I have a little pinback button with a red flag emblazoned with the words “Safety First.” It was produced in 1915 by the Nebraska Safety Leag...
Apr 27, 2017 01:45PM ● By Max Sparber
Mar 02, 2017 03:48PM ● By Max Sparber
There are not as many horses around the city of Omaha as there used to be. You still see a few now and then, mostly downtown, generally bein...
Mar 01, 2017 03:56PM ● By Max Sparber
After Omaha’s territorial years, its favorite animal became both a local resource and a local problem. The early years of Omaha were a golde...
Dec 28, 2016 10:16AM ● By Max Sparber
Johnny Carson was the definitive talk show host of the 20th century, hosting The Tonight Show for three decades at a time when it was the un...
Dec 28, 2016 09:02AM ● By Max Sparber
The story of Frank Carter—Omaha’s phantom sniper—is a histrionic tale of fear and madness gripping the city in the wake of a mysterious shoo...
Oct 05, 2016 06:00AM ● By Max Sparber
Omaha is a city of many languages, in a country of many languages. Each language tells its own story. Take Yiddish, for example. The languag...
Aug 26, 2016 05:53PM ● By Max Sparber
It is difficult to imagine Omaha’s once-bustling streetcar system. Scarce evidence remains: There are alleys downtown paved in brick with ra...
Aug 12, 2016 11:34AM ● By Max Sparber
George Washington looms large in history. Even if he hadn’t been elected our first president, he made his mark as commander-in-chief of the ...
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