Tag: Captain

Tintin and the Captain

If you are French, or a lover of all things French, your eyes are immediately drawn to the mural over my shoulder in this avatar selfie and you might be a bit shocked. Even if you are not French, you might recognize Tintin from the serialized comic strips and cartoon novels that have been transla...

Captain John Danilecki presents a Clear and Present Danger to Boston

In numerous videos of the march held in Boston yesterday, there was one figure who stood out. A Captain in the Boston Police Department — and the only BPD officer wearing a black vest covering his badge — this officer seemed to be routinely on the front lines in several violent altercati...

Captain Cook and the Explorer Gods

On February 14th, 1779, while some Britons exchanged love letters and proclamations of affection, bleeding their hearts dry, thousands of miles away, on a sandy beach in Hawaii, another Englishman would find suffering, but not through the arrows of mischievous Cupid, but rather through clubs and kni...