Bobby Henrie and the Goners came from Rochester—as they do every year—for some rockabilly and Chuck Berry duckwalking. Another fine regular is Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys, with the leader playing his accordion from a chair these days. The music, sung in French, was vibrant and ...
1952: McCarran-Walter Act Bettmann // Getty Images 1952: McCarran-Walter Act After being vetoed by President Truman, the House voted 278-113 and the Senate 57-26 tooverride the vetoand pass theMcCarran-Walter Actin June of this year. The act was an immigration law aimed to prevent commu...
When we are on our long voyages and not listening and dancing to music we like to listen to Podcasts and this one about history and the polarization of our time is fascinating, with Russ Roberts interviewing historian Walter Russel Mead on the topic “Innovation, Religion and the State of ...
(4)INTERSECTIONALITY.Damien Walter has an intriguing idea for explaining a theoretical concept:“The trouble with intersectional political alliances as illustrated by Star Wars”. Intersectionality is a powerful idea conveyed in an overcomplicated word. But Star Wars is a great way to understand it b...
An interesting piece of news came over the wire Monday evening: ownership of the Washington Redskins, er Commanders, management has agreed to un-cancel the Redskins logo that had served the team admirably from 1972 to 2020. In 1971, Blackfeet Tribal Chairman Walter “Blackie” Wetzel felt the...
(Brit), 1964; US: Curtis, 1972), takes place in July. Walter Larkin has big union negotiations upcoming at his plant in Central City when his wife Meg forces him to hire her wayward brother Peter Clovis as a plant negotiator. Jim is an old family friend, and Walter has hired him ...
Commissioner Walter Splawn presided. He heard evidence that the rail- road sold less than three tickets t o blacks for every twenty-eight t ickets sold t o whites, and t hat m ost of the former group's travel was seasonal and related to the cot ton harvest. Comm issioner Splawn did...
Jim Lavoie:You have appeared in historical mini-series such as “Ben Hur” and “The Tudors”. You’ve also played contemporary characters such as Wayne Gretzky in “Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story” and Noel Redding in” Hendrix”. How did you prepare for the role of “Dyson”...
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann has responded to the election with a fine reflection on Elijah’s flight from the danger and exhaustion of public justice-making to the solitude and safety of the holy mountain. After a while, God tracks him down to ask, “What are you doing here, ...
When I made my plans to visit Durham after St. Cuthbert’s Way, I neglected to check my liturgical calendar, so it was a wonderful surprise to learn I had arrived on the very eve of Bede’s feast day and—to my further amazement—in the thousandth year since the Translation of his Re...