Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Rube Waddell. Born in 1876 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, George Waddell, later known as "Rube" when he became a star baseball player, was a weird child.
While I want to focus this post on my favorite albums of 2022, I have to start by noting the passing yesterday of the great Ian Tyson. While I am.
This is the grave of Winthrop Jordan. Born in 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Jordan came out of the old liberal elite of Massachusetts, including having Lucretia Mott and Edward Hallowell,.
This is the grave of Ross Youngs. Born in 1897 in Shiner, Texas (yep, home of the famous bock), Youngs grew up fairly working class. His father had worked on.
More anti-Mexican violence for LGM's core of racist commenters who think that the U.S. conquest of northern Mexico was a-ok. White soldiers looking for Mexicans to beat, Zoot Suit Riots,.
On December 28, 1921, the Rand Rebellion in South Africa began with a strike of white miners. Soon, it would develop into a general rebellion of workers against the state,.
Since a number of commenters at this site need some education about the horrors of American colonization of northern Mexico, it's time for this series to do some work on.
This is the grave of Garo Yepremian. Born in Larnaca, Cyprus in 1944, Garabed Yepremian grew up in the Armenian expat community there. His family had fled the genocide in.