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The British American Revolution

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 22, 2026

The horrible, no good, awful nation known as the United States is turning 250 this year. We have this assumption in this country that the U.S. was good and the British were bad and that's.....just a bit oversimplified. PBS--and presumably this was made before Herr...

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Hearst

By Erik Loomis

On September 24, 2021

On Monday and Tuesday, PBS has a new episode of American Experience on William Randolph Hearst. I am among the talking heads. It was pretty exciting. I even got hairspray,.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 254

By Erik Loomis

On June 17, 2018

This is the grave of Fred Rogers. Born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, easily the best thing to ever come out of that town and that VERY MUCH includes Rolling.

The Huge PBS Failure on The Gilded Age

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 7, 2018

Above: The student body at Carlisle Indian School, 1885, which evidently was not part of the Gilded Age I was pretty excited last night. PBS' American Experience was premiering its new two-hour show on the Gilded Age. As more people come around to the reality...