History does repeat itself. Look back 100 or so years to see a nation with issues similar to today's issues.

There is perhaps a new way for beachcombers to classify their findings during a walk along the shore.

Bob Eckstein is a writer, illustrator, New Yorker cartoonist and, according to online magazine and travel company Atlas Obscura, a “national treasure.”

Muppeteer Jim Henson created a story that offers much hope and has remained relevant, entertaining and prophetic for almost 40 years.

Mononymous French author Colette kept good company, sharing this opinion of her favorite associates: “Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”

Dr. T. Theodore Fujita never let anyone take the wind out of his sails.

Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote mostly tragedies.

If pixies wrote personal ads or Tinder profiles, one might go like this:

George Orwell must have had a shaky sense of humor, since he found amusement in the quaking of the planet. He explained, “A earthquake is such fun when it is over.”

Massachusetts native Joseph Breck got much right in his life.