When Sunscreen is Optional: The Importance of “The Travelers”in Preventing SS El Faro and SS Marine Electric Type Tragedies
(Note: To find the latest chapters of Until the Sea Shall Free Them — The Wreck of the SS Marine
Category: Contemporary Commentary
Thoughts on issues and entertainments of our day.
The New Book on the Sinking of the SS El Faro Will Make Some Waves
Posted: March 7, 2018 in Contemporary Commentary 0 “Into the Raging Sea” by Rachel Slade is a page turner that
A Requiem for Real Wheels: Richie Brigidi, Philadelphia Drag Racing and Oldsmobile 442s
Pardon the nostalgia. Â I’m posting some of my old favorite stories from my journalistic days and this Inquirer Magazine piece
The Wreck of the SS Marine Electric — 36 Years Ago
Here’s the original story Tim and I wrote 36 years ago. Â This and reform efforts within Congress and the Coast
The Man-Eaters of Kruger National Park
The Return of the Man-eater Men’s Journal, January 2003 By Robert Frump Neville Edwards was
Philadelphia Inquirer Authors List from Jim Remsen
Authors Who Worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer. What a legacy. Courtesy of Jim intended for the Inquirer and Daily News
Richard Wickboldt, Brother of a Cadet Lost on the Marine Electric, Crosses the Bar
“Crossing the Bar” by Tennyson Richard Wickboldt, one brother among four who sailed in the American merchant marine, died recently
The Daughter of a Rescued Father and the Daughter of a Rescuer Reunite in Chatham
(I had hoped this would happen and was figuring out how to introduce the families.  They beat me to it.) (The
A Bernie Webber Coast Guard Father’s Day Story
(Author’s note: Members of the Steele family contacted me after reading my book, “Two Tankers Down,” which recounts the wreck
An Odd Admiralty Alignment on El Faro
The most significant “reveal” at the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking of the El Faro