Category Archives: History

How a Kennedy Run For President Makes This Kennedyophile Want to Run For the Hills

I never dreamed hearing the name Kennedy announced for a run for President would elicit anything but sheer excitement for me. Instead, when anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. threw his hat in the 2024 presidential ring on Wednesday, I not only sighed,

How a Kennedy Run For President Makes This Kennedyophile Want to Run For the Hills

I never dreamed hearing the name Kennedy announced for a run for President would elicit anything but sheer excitement for me. Instead, when anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. threw his hat in the 2024 presidential ring on Wednesday, I not only sighed,

Remembrance Day

A day that I remember my mother is also a day to remember all those who perished in the Holocaust. As I remember my own mother Betty  today, there is another young mother I want to honor today on Yom

Remembrance Day

A day that I remember my mother is also a day to remember all those who perished in the Holocaust. As I remember my own mother Betty  today, there is another young mother I want to honor today on Yom

How All this Tennessee Talkin’ Made this Boomer Homesick For Davy Crockett

Suddenly Tennessee is all over the media. Expulsions and bannings and shootings, oh my! There hasn’t been so much attention paid to Tennessee since the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950s. It’s made me nostalgic for my hand-me-down coonskin cap.

How All this Tennessee Talkin’ Made this Boomer Homesick For Davy Crockett

Suddenly Tennessee is all over the media. Expulsions and bannings and shootings, oh my! There hasn’t been so much attention paid to Tennessee since the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950s. It’s made me nostalgic for my hand-me-down coonskin cap.

In Tennessee The South Will Rise Again

The Old South rose again in the Tennessee State House yesterday, even as they sunk to a new low. Score one for the Lost Cause. When three brave legislators spoke out about banning assault rifles in a state that just

In Tennessee The South Will Rise Again

The Old South rose again in the Tennessee State House yesterday, even as they sunk to a new low. Score one for the Lost Cause. When three brave legislators spoke out about banning assault rifles in a state that just

Only The Best People Get Arrested

People are saying….Only the Best people get arrested! Charles Manson Lee Harvey Oswald Jeffrey Dahmer Al Capone David Berkowitz -Son of Sam OJ Simpson

Only The Best People Get Arrested

People are saying….Only the Best people get arrested! Charles Manson Lee Harvey Oswald Jeffrey Dahmer Al Capone David Berkowitz -Son of Sam OJ Simpson

Is Donald Trump Saving Our Democracy?

  Is Donald Trump saving our Democracy? You betcha! That was the notion suggested in a cover story in New York Magazine in the fall of 2015. The answer today may be a resounding yes, but for vastly different reasons

Is Donald Trump Saving Our Democracy?

  Is Donald Trump saving our Democracy? You betcha! That was the notion suggested in a cover story in New York Magazine in the fall of 2015. The answer today may be a resounding yes, but for vastly different reasons

Holy Fact Check, Are We Are Headed For A Holy War

  In their Holy War battle cry of Fake News, Marjorie Taylor Greene is leading the charge of the False Reality Brigade with shrieks of “witch hunt” to save their anointed Savior Donald “Jesus” Trump from the evils of a

Holy Fact Check, Are We Are Headed For A Holy War

  In their Holy War battle cry of Fake News, Marjorie Taylor Greene is leading the charge of the False Reality Brigade with shrieks of “witch hunt” to save their anointed Savior Donald “Jesus” Trump from the evils of a

Picture of Anguish

Their anguish is visceral. The searing torment of two young girls is captured for eternity. Though from vastly different times and places the feel is eerily similar. We cannot look away. We must not look away. America’s pain is immortalized

Picture of Anguish

Their anguish is visceral. The searing torment of two young girls is captured for eternity. Though from vastly different times and places the feel is eerily similar. We cannot look away. We must not look away. America’s pain is immortalized

Do We Heart New York’s New Logo?

A word of advice: Don’t mess with New Yorkers’ hearts. Change the iconic “I Heart NY” logo? Fuggedaboutit! A loud Bronx cheer could be heard in all five boroughs as soon as this new “We Heart NYC” logo was unveiled

Do We Heart New York’s New Logo?

A word of advice: Don’t mess with New Yorkers’ hearts. Change the iconic “I Heart NY” logo? Fuggedaboutit! A loud Bronx cheer could be heard in all five boroughs as soon as this new “We Heart NYC” logo was unveiled

Politics and the Pitchman Make Strange Bedfellows

Pillow talk is kept to a minimum in my house It’s time I come clean and confess. I share my bed with a rabid right winger and have since 2018. My head filled with woke thoughts that keep me awake

Politics and the Pitchman Make Strange Bedfellows

Pillow talk is kept to a minimum in my house It’s time I come clean and confess. I share my bed with a rabid right winger and have since 2018. My head filled with woke thoughts that keep me awake