During my ABC Network News stint (3 years), I covered major international stories. These included the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. While I was in Vietnam in 1967, I met LBJ who revealed he wouldn’t seek re-election… Read More ›
American history
THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE REDUX IN 2020
This is the anniversary of the slaughter at Jonestown. It’s 42 years later and still, we have not learned the lesson that slavishly following lying leaders can be deadly. If nothing else, this has got to be an object lesson… Read More ›
THE AMERICAN WAY
2019 and It’s here! The Republican Convention — the big show for which we’ve been waiting, the hottest party to hit Cleveland since 1997 when the Sox won the American League Pennant but lost the Series. The first day wasn’t… Read More ›
WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE NOT THE ONLY RACISTS
I had a major battle on Amazon about a book I said was racist. A lot of people said “No, it isn’t. The author is an avowed Boston liberal.” I’m sure he said he was and he probably believes it’s… Read More ›
WE ABOLISHED RECREATIONAL ALCOHOL IN 1920 AND NO ONE HAS HAD A DRINK SINCE
Once upon a time so many years ago, Americans had national fit of self-righteousness.We decided alcohol was the root of all evil. To rectify the perceived problem, the nation rose up on its collective hind legs and passed the 18th… Read More ›
“THOSE WHO HATE YOU DON’T WIN”: THOUGHTS ON NIXON’S RESIGNATION. Reblog: Sean Munger
Today (August 9) is a historical anniversary that, while I’m sure won’t go un-noticed, may well go unappreciated. Forty-six years ago today, on August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States, the only president (thus far)… Read More ›
MYTHOLOGY IN THE U.S.A.
Every nation revises history. They leave out the bad bits — slaughters of the innocent, unjust wars against minorities and civilians. They invent heroes, turn defeats into victories. American history is no different. It’s relatively easy to make our history… Read More ›
Blood in the water? Are the sharks coming for Donald J. Trump? – THE SHINBONE STAR
WRITTEN BY NATHANIEL R. “NAT” HELMS – AUGUST 3, 2020 Last Wednesday was the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945 after delivering the first… Read More ›
SLAVERY TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON THE BLACKSTONE RIVER
You might say the Blackstone Valley was Alexander Hamilton’s dream come true. He wanted the U.S. to grow into an industrial and international powerhouse. This was the subject on which he and Thomas Jefferson fought. Jefferson wanted democracy and a… Read More ›
The Monuments Men (and women): Let’s get it right this time. – SeanMunger.com
Let’s not just tear down racist Confederate monuments. Let’s put up something better in their place. Source: The Monuments Men (and women): Let’s get it right this time. – SeanMunger.com The Monuments Men (and women): Let’s get it right this… Read More ›
WHAT WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN – RICH PASCHALL
From the battleground, by Rich Paschall With the continual unrest across the country and the prospects that in some places it will not end soon, many may be asking themselves, “How did things get to be like this? When did… Read More ›
WORLD OF STRANGE – Marilyn Armstrong
On some level or other, I’ve been waiting for my world to come crashing down since I was a kid. Call it one of the many fragmented outcomes of a dysfunctional childhood. And reading too many complicated books when I… Read More ›
