On May 20, 1926, the Railway Labor Act passed Congress. This pioneering legislation attempted to end strikes on the most important of the American transportation networks and has proven surprisingly s
I hadn’t watched Scorsese’s The Last Waltz in years so I threw it on last night. If anything, it’s even better than I remembered. The Band was no great live act in their later years,
Since this is not my area of research, I have generally followed the typical line, developed by many historians, that evangelicals really didn’t care about abortion when Roe was decided in 1973.
We talk a lot about the housing problems of the contemporary cities. But it’s not only the cities. At least in some places, it is also a big problem in rural areas. I grant you that Marin County
This is the grave of Luther Terry. Born in 1911 in Red Level, Alabama, he grew up in what passed for the elite in this very small south Alabama town. Basically, his dad was the town doctor and probabl
This is the grave of Harry Kalas. Born in 1936 in Napierville, Illinois, Kalas had something an interesting background. He was Greek-American, but his father was a Methodist minister. Can’t as s
This is the grave of Charles Eliot Norton. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1827, Norton grew up in the most elite classes of Boston. No one could out-Brahmim Norton. His father was a Harvard theol
This is the grave of Herb Brooks. Born in 1937 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Brooks did what kids in Minnesota do–play hockey. He was a star as a high schooler, leading his team to the state title in