From 2009: In April 1945, a week after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was buried, his widow took a train from Washington, D.C., to New York City. When she reached her apartment in Washington Square, reporters met her outside. They had lots of questions about her future plans, the late president’s legacy and all sorts of …
The one and only time I saw a movie at Radio City Music Hall was in 1957. Our seats were in the first row — not great for watching a movie on a huge screen — off to the right facing the screen. The movie we saw was perfect for a massive screen — 1957 …
“A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn’t think he’d remember. You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress …
From Summer 2009. It is hard for me to believe that just two days ago, on a lovely Friday in the south of France, I stood on one side of the Lot River and took this picture of this village. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is just a little town in the mountains, but the view is truly spectacular …
“America has become a cruel and vicious place. We reward the shallowest, the dumbest, the meanest and the loudest. We no longer have any common sense of decency. No sense of shame. There is no right and wrong. The worst qualities in people are looked up to and celebrated. Lying and spreading fear is fine …
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The time is rapidly approaching when we are going to have to make a choice between two important absolutes. On the one hand, individual freedom. On the other, our constitution. Whether it’s abortion rights, affirmative action, gay rights, campaign financing, student loan relief or all sorts of other things, the supermajority on the Supreme Court …
Someone I know just bought a new townhouse nearly 40 miles outside of Washington, D.C. From the looks of it, it’s a lovely house in an excellent neighborhood. All sorts of stuff within walking distance and freeway access less than a mile away. By all indication, a pretty good deal for $600,000. Of course, I …
This was written in 2008 and not updated. I think it was a pretty sweet story. I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG High-school beauty Rande Barker learned that love – and the way she viewed herself – sometimes works out long after we think it never will. Sometimes the smallest, most inconsequential events can change …
Thank you, Clarence Thomas. And thank you, George H.W. Bush. The Supreme Court took another step toward dismantling modern America this week when it voted 6-3 to abolish the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. And of course one of the six votes was Thomas, rapidly climbing the list of the worst Supreme …
“Whatever documents the president decides to take with him, he has the absolute right to take them. He has the absolute right to keep them. Or he can give them back to NARA if he wants.“ Somewhere, the Milhous guy is smiling. And the Founding Fathers are weeping. The only president prior to Donald Trump …
