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An Eclectic Journal of Opinion, History, Poetry and General Bloviating
Saturday, July 28, 2012
MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton Roust the Bonus Army
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Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur consults with his cavalry commander, Major George S. Patton, center as tear gas envelopes the Bonus...
Friday, July 27, 2012
Celebrate Medicare’s 47th Birthday by Telling Joe Walsh to Keep His Paws Off of It
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My friend Carolyn Quinn is hoping to organize a birthday party for Medicare at Congressman Joe Walsh's Woodstock office, on the ...
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The Slender Thread that Shrunk the World
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The Great Easter , the largest ship ever built when she was launched eight years earlier, was used to lay the first successful Trans-Atlan...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
G.B.S.—Witty, Brilliant, Insightful, and Apt to Go Off on Unfortunate Tangents
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Shaw at about 40, an emerging genius. Note: Adapted from a post on July 26, 2012 On July 26, 1856 the only man ever to win a Nobel ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Walter Brennan—The Hillbilly Who Wasn’t
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Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean with Gary Cooper in The Westerner . Walter Brennan , the most honored character actor in Hollywood h...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Another Forgotten General Strike—The St. Louis Commune of 1877
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St. Louis Strikers shown as snarling mob. Here is another great moment in American labor history that has been stripped from our co...
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