Photo via YouTube July 3, 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen: I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler. She started her career when she was 17 years old covering crime stories and she earned the reputation of being a good, thorough … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Transgender Writer, Jan Morris
October 2, 1926 – Jan Morris: "To me gender is not physical at all but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music." In Britain, she is a famous and much-loved … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Randy Shilts
August 8, 1951 – Randy Shilts: "HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character." He was gutsy, brash and unforgettable; a brave, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Activist/ Journalist, Ida B. Wells
photograph of Wells by Mary Garrity, 1893, public domain July 16, 1862- Ida B. Wells: "It is with no pleasure that I have dipped my hands in the corruption here exposed. Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have … [Read more...]
WWE Star Randy Orton Believes Saudi Arabian Pay-Per-View Event Must Go On: “Not Going Doesn’t Help”
So we've already established that the torture and murder of a lowly journalist isn't worth getting THAT upset about, if it means losing out on a big payday. Now more and more people are following Trump's lead and saying they'll continue their working relationships with the … [Read more...]
The 60 Minutes Curse Strikes Again: Morley Safer Dead at 84
Morley Safer, one of TV's most celebrated journalists, who famously brought the horrors of the Vietnam War into the living rooms of America in the 1960s and was a … [Read more...]
#JeSuisCharlie: Terror Attack In Paris Kills A Dozen People
A huge manhunt is still under way in Paris after masked and hooded gunmen armed with a rocket-launcher stormed the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, … [Read more...]