Posts Tagged: history
Don’t Judge Me Because I Can’t Play the Piano
I never had piano lessons. Can’t tickle the ivories at all. Which now might very well disqualify me from sitting on the Supreme Court, my lack of law degree notwithstanding. That was my take away from the confirmation hearings for
Don’t Judge Me Because I Can’t Play the Piano
I never had piano lessons. Can’t tickle the ivories at all. Which now might very well disqualify me from sitting on the Supreme Court, my lack of law degree notwithstanding. That was my take away from the confirmation hearings for
Flies- The Fear Factor
“Listen…..Do you hear it?” “Bzzzzzzz……It’s coming back……a buzzing creeping crawling nightmare of terror…..the return of the fly” That may have been the opening trailer in the 1959 Vincent Price movie Return of the Fly but it was a real-life
Flies- The Fear Factor
“Listen…..Do you hear it?” “Bzzzzzzz……It’s coming back……a buzzing creeping crawling nightmare of terror…..the return of the fly” That may have been the opening trailer in the 1959 Vincent Price movie Return of the Fly but it was a real-life
How Supermarkets Changed Us
“Now That You’re Gone Never known such unhappiness Never thought it would be like this What will I do now that you’re gone?” Like so many long term relationships, we took supermarkets for granted. It was bound to
How Supermarkets Changed Us
“Now That You’re Gone Never known such unhappiness Never thought it would be like this What will I do now that you’re gone?” Like so many long term relationships, we took supermarkets for granted. It was bound to
Seeing is Not Believing -The Dictator and the Doctored Photo
Is the Trump administration taking a well-worn page from Joseph Stalin’s propaganda playbook? File this disturbing story under “Back in the U.S.S.R.” On Saturday, the day of the 2020 Women’s March , the National Archives, our countries official record
Seeing is Not Believing -The Dictator and the Doctored Photo
Is the Trump administration taking a well-worn page from Joseph Stalin’s propaganda playbook? File this disturbing story under “Back in the U.S.S.R.” On Saturday, the day of the 2020 Women’s March , the National Archives, our countries official record
A New Decade, Same Xenophobia-1920 Palmer Raids
A century ago a new decade was about to dawn on New Years’ Eve 1920. As tipsy Americans toasted one another with their last legal bottle of Champagne before Prohibition would go into effect at the stroke of midnight, Attorney
A New Decade, Same Xenophobia-1920 Palmer Raids
A century ago a new decade was about to dawn on New Years’ Eve 1920. As tipsy Americans toasted one another with their last legal bottle of Champagne before Prohibition would go into effect at the stroke of midnight, Attorney
It Can’t Happen Here
It can’t happen here. Yet it can and it is. This year is ending in an epidemic of anti-Semitism. It must end. The ugly past has become present in the most horrifying way as anti-semitic vandalism has exploded. This past
It Can’t Happen Here
It can’t happen here. Yet it can and it is. This year is ending in an epidemic of anti-Semitism. It must end. The ugly past has become present in the most horrifying way as anti-semitic vandalism has exploded. This past
Remembering Pearl Harbor December 7 1941
From the Archives: December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday, December 7, 1941, was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared permanently in the memory of the
Remembering Pearl Harbor December 7 1941
From the Archives: December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday, December 7, 1941, was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared permanently in the memory of the
Why NATO Was Needed
70 years ago NATO was born in the aftermath of WWII out of a desire to prevent WWIII. Conceived out of necessity, this enduring alliance was initially forged to prevent Soviet expansionism. The shared democratic values of its members formed
Why NATO Was Needed
70 years ago NATO was born in the aftermath of WWII out of a desire to prevent WWIII. Conceived out of necessity, this enduring alliance was initially forged to prevent Soviet expansionism. The shared democratic values of its members formed
Thanksgiving- A Heap Big Serving of Historical Inaccuracies
Was the first Thanksgiving truly a pow-wow worthy feast? Most of us associate the holiday with happy pilgrims and Indians sitting down to a big feast. It did happen once. It would be good to say this friendship lasted a
Thanksgiving- A Heap Big Serving of Historical Inaccuracies
Was the first Thanksgiving truly a pow-wow worthy feast? Most of us associate the holiday with happy pilgrims and Indians sitting down to a big feast. It did happen once. It would be good to say this friendship lasted a
Veterans Day and GI Joe
What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear. The torch had been passed to a new generation, President John Kennedy told us, and passed directly into
Veterans Day and GI Joe
What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear. The torch had been passed to a new generation, President John Kennedy told us, and passed directly into
Envisioning The American Dream 