Photograph JFK JR The Final Year, A&E via YouTube John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.: "It's hard for me to talk about a legacy or a mystique. It's my family. The fact that there have been difficulties and hardships, or obstacles, makes us closer." He didn't use the "F." or … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay 1963: JFK Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is Killed by Jack Ruby
Photo by Jack Beers Jr. for The Dallas Morning News, from the Warren Commission report, public domain via Wikimedia Commons November 24, 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is Killed by Jack Ruby You think the USA is crazy in 2020; here's a look at 1963! If it was a film, this story … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 1963, President John F. Kennedy is Murdered in Dallas
November 22, 1963- President John F. Kennedy is Murdered in Dallas The school principal made an announcement over the intercom. With the news, the elementary school secretary had been calling parents for permission to send students home if possible. I decided I wanted to walk … [Read more...]
’20/20′ Posts Part 1 of “Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor”
This week, ABC's 20/20 aired their investigative report "Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor." They have released part one about the Breonna Taylor killing by … [Read more...]
A Son Seeks to Clear His Militant Parents in ’40 Years a Prisoner’
Starting in the 1970s, Black radical group MOVE clashed with Philadelphia cops, who ultimately firebombed the group, destroying a whole neighborhood. In 40 … [Read more...]
Edward Norton Reads the Eyes Out of Trump in Nuanced Analysis
Actor Edward Norton used a poker analogy to explain Donald Trump's increasingly desperate actions. In addition to his … [Read more...]
On His Birthday Today, President-Elect Joe Biden is in the Dog House
In a 2018 interview with The Los Angeles Times, Barbra Streisand, cuddling one of her cloned dogs, asked the question that many of us had been grappling with: "How does the president not have a dog? He's the first president in 120 years that doesn't have a dog in the White … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Corita Kent
November 20, 1918 - Corita Kent: "Flowers grow out of dark moments." At first glance, Pop Art and Catholicism have little in common; where one celebrates superficial fame and consumerism, the other preaches piety and compassion. But in … [Read more...]
#PleaseGodNo: Matthew McConaughey Mulls Run for Texas Governor
Because more Hollywood types in politics is JUST what we need right now... Lincoln Town Car spokesperson Matthew McConaughey gave separate interviews this week in which he talked about mulling a run for office. On the Hugh Hewitt Show Tuesday, he said that "it would be up to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Medical Pioneer, Sara Josephine Baker
Photo: Public Domain November 15, 1873 - Sara Josephine Baker: "It is six times safer to be a soldier in the trenches than a baby in the United States." Baker was an American physician whose contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New … [Read more...]
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