Monthly Archives: October 2012
Romney and the Retro Working Girl
It’s back to the future with Mitt Romney. His outdated views of women could fill a binder and are as dated as these retro images are. Romney’s agenda would drag women back to the 50s on everything from health care
Romney and the Retro Working Girl
It’s back to the future with Mitt Romney. His outdated views of women could fill a binder and are as dated as these retro images are. Romney’s agenda would drag women back to the 50s on everything from health care
Moving Forward Into the American Dream
The first hint of fall may have conjured up the crunch of crisp McIntosh apples, maple leaves turning colors, and the air filled with burning leaves, but for me fall conjured up the intoxicating smell of a new car.
Moving Forward Into the American Dream
The first hint of fall may have conjured up the crunch of crisp McIntosh apples, maple leaves turning colors, and the air filled with burning leaves, but for me fall conjured up the intoxicating smell of a new car.
Designed for Dreaming
When it came to cars, General Motors was the undisputed king of the mid-century road and the American Dream was paved with Chevys. The Chevy may have taken America by storm, but it was giving my own mid-century Mom a
Designed for Dreaming
When it came to cars, General Motors was the undisputed king of the mid-century road and the American Dream was paved with Chevys. The Chevy may have taken America by storm, but it was giving my own mid-century Mom a
My First Political Kiss
Today the phrase “moderate Republican is fast becoming an oxymoron. But once upon a time, there were actually liberal Republicans like Jacob Javits who roamed the political landscape. The longtime senator from New York was a leader of Progressive Republicanism
My First Political Kiss
Today the phrase “moderate Republican is fast becoming an oxymoron. But once upon a time, there were actually liberal Republicans like Jacob Javits who roamed the political landscape. The longtime senator from New York was a leader of Progressive Republicanism
Fashion Forward for the New Frontier
Dressing up For DC Fall fashion was all the news in 1960 DC, despite taking a back seat to the story of the presidential election. In her dashing tweed cape coat swinging cloak and dagger style, our Beltway “Gal Friday”
Fashion Forward for the New Frontier
Dressing up For DC Fall fashion was all the news in 1960 DC, despite taking a back seat to the story of the presidential election. In her dashing tweed cape coat swinging cloak and dagger style, our Beltway “Gal Friday”
Heating the American Dream
The second Sunday in October 1957 an unexpected chilly nip of fall was in the air. Some blamed the unseasonably cold blast on the Cold War. Sputnik, that Russian satellite that was currently circling the globe was sending chills down
Heating the American Dream
The second Sunday in October 1957 an unexpected chilly nip of fall was in the air. Some blamed the unseasonably cold blast on the Cold War. Sputnik, that Russian satellite that was currently circling the globe was sending chills down
A Cold War Fable for the 47 %
Sweet Dreams A charming little fable that ran as a 2 page ad in Life Magazine 1951 could easily be a delightful bed time story suitable for all Republicans to read to their children, especially today. One can easily imagine
A Cold War Fable for the 47 %
Sweet Dreams A charming little fable that ran as a 2 page ad in Life Magazine 1951 could easily be a delightful bed time story suitable for all Republicans to read to their children, especially today. One can easily imagine
Rooting For The Firm
Our family-owned shoe factory in Allentown PA. has been shuttered for decades, but memories of the once booming business lingered with me for years. In the late 1960s my parents and I visited the lone remaining factory of my family’s
Rooting For The Firm
Our family-owned shoe factory in Allentown PA. has been shuttered for decades, but memories of the once booming business lingered with me for years. In the late 1960s my parents and I visited the lone remaining factory of my family’s
Voting-Democracy in Action
Growing up our textbooks taught us that America was Democracy in action Especially when it came to our cherished right to vote “Americans are proud of what they have built”, the reader is told in “The New Ways in the
Voting-Democracy in Action
Growing up our textbooks taught us that America was Democracy in action Especially when it came to our cherished right to vote “Americans are proud of what they have built”, the reader is told in “The New Ways in the
On the Kindergarten Campaign Trail
In the crisp fall of 1960 as presidential hopeful Senator John Kennedy beckoned us into a New Frontier I would be embarking onto my own new frontier – Kindergarten. This New Frontier of 1960 that stood in front of me,
On the Kindergarten Campaign Trail
In the crisp fall of 1960 as presidential hopeful Senator John Kennedy beckoned us into a New Frontier I would be embarking onto my own new frontier – Kindergarten. This New Frontier of 1960 that stood in front of me,
Envisioning The American Dream 