This is an interesting essay on how to fix our incredibly broken political journalism that is more interested in horse-races, bipartisanship that means Democrats always cave to Republicans, and trivia.
In the American context, "heroes" means that you take our meaningless platitudes and sacrifice whatever you have to without receiving any actual compensation. So veterans are "heroes" but let's slash.
This is the grave of Geraldine Ferraro. Born in 1935 in Newburgh, New York, Ferraro grew up in an Italian immigrant household. They did OK; her father owned a couple.
Hal Holbrook died today and so it's time to show what I think of as his greatest role, Deep Throat in All the President's Men. A chalk choice, I know,.
This is the grave of William Cooper. Born in 1754 in Somerton, Pennsylvania, Cooper did not grow up particularly well off. He certainly wasn't a member of the colonial elite..
Since we published the westerns podcast earlier today, let's close out the day with one of the films I discussed in it. This is the astounding 1916 western Hell's Hinges.
The only answer to the above question is their unions: Health care workers say they have been bitterly disappointed by their employers’ and government agencies’ response to the pandemic. Dire.
No one in Washington has done more to fight for a meaningful response to climate change than Sheldon Whitehouse. For years, he has given speech after speech on the Senate.
