by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 4, 2015 | Dramatizing History, Sketch Diary
The fourth stanza of our national anthem, a good thing to remember for the 4th of July.
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 30, 2015 | Dramatizing History, Literary Projects, Luke Historians
From my Crusading Chemist website: …June 30th is another example of bizarre historical dates that seem to have transcendent value. On that day a little more than two decades later, Harvey W. Wiley passed away. A year before, Wiley had published his book The...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2015 | Appearances, Dramatizing History, Politics
Today’s Angry History Show episode is about the burning of the White House during the War of 1812. I was privileged to play the voice of indomitable First Lady Dolley Madison. (I kept a tall mug of Throat Coat tea nearby to regain my voice as I recovered from an...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 31, 2015 | In Otherwords, Literary Projects
Accusations of plagiarism find their way onto political candidates, academicians, students, journalists, and authors of all sorts routinely these days. Perhaps this is because now, plagiarism has never been easier – and never more easily found out. Many lines of...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 14, 2014 | Comedy, Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Satire, World Views
Strange things arise from idiosyncrasies displayed on the internet. The latest is a term for the raw manly man rebound against the metrosexual prototype – “lumbersexual,” a term that unfortunately sounds like something unnatural happening with trees....
