Arch Stanton's Ultracrepidarian

Usually when I write these posts, the choice title is pretty obvious – someone’s name or a self-explanatory descriptor of the event. But today – whoo boy,… Read more “Episode 22 of Today I Learned – CIA Filipino Vampires”

You know how you aren’t supposed to wear white after Labor Day, or black shoes or a black belt with khakis, or clashing patterns? Imagine there were… Read more “Episode 21 of Today I Learned – Straw Hat Riots”

I attended grad school about an hour away from my undergraduate college at the same time my brother was finishing his undergrad degree. One Alumni Weekend, a… Read more “Episode 20 of Today I Learned – Michael Malloy”

I am sure you know someone in your life who is an idiot – not just a standard, run-of-the-mill idiot but a truly world-class idiot who things… Read more “Episode 19 of Today I Learned – Timothy Dexter”

In June of 1940, Nazi Germany was kicking about Europe, just being a real group of assholes, as they were wont to do. As big a group… Read more “Episode 18 of Today I Learned – Madagascar Plan”

As we sit delicately on the precipice of World War III with North Korea with our Cheeto-dusted Commander in Chief pouting and yelling at the North Korean… Read more “Episode 17 of Today I Learned – Operation Paul Bunyan”

DID YOU KNOW THE ILLUMINATI CONTROLS THE MEDIA AND THE PRESIDENCY AND CONGRESS AND JAY-Z AND BEYONCE? It seems unbelievable, but that’s only because it’s so real.… Read more “Episode 16 of Today I Learned – the Illuminati”

Today’s episode has it all, assuming “all” is tons of gay sex and Franklin Roosevelt and the Navy. Do I have your attention? I know of one… Read more “Episode 15 in Today I Learned – Newport Sex Scandal”

I usually drum my fingers on my chin while looking astute trying to think of an engaging introduction to these like Bugs Bunny scheming to outwit Elmer… Read more “Episode 14 of Today I Learned – Porter Rockwell, the Destroying Angel of Mormondom”

I am going to BLOW your mind today. Absolutely blow your tits off. Even more so than that one time you learned Wilford Brimley was Howard Hughes’… Read more “Episode 13 of Today I Learned – John C. Lilly”