With the temperature outside close to zero, the partygoers inside warmed themselves to the tunes of Palo鈥檚 Orchestra. It was late January 1934. The occasion was a birthday party and a charity fundraiser for the president of the United States. The place was the ballroom of the White Swan Hotel ...
I recently got an email from somebody named 鈥淛acqueline鈥� who was responding to my most recent column about Donald Trump鈥檚 shutdown.She wanted to discuss the federal workers and their hardships after being out of work for a month.鈥淢any of these workers made good money but didn鈥檛 have ...
Except for Election Day itself, the most partisan night in America will take place Tuesday evening, when President Trump steps to the rostrum in the House of Representatives for the annual State of the Union address.When Woodrow Wilson began the tradition of appearing live before Congress in ...
It鈥檚 estimated that the cost of the federal government shutdown had exceeded the $5.7 billion President Trump requested to pay for his border wall.Things have got out of hand.Trump and his administration鈥檚 apologists have shown that they have no idea what it鈥檚 like to be without the means ...
Al Jolson was America鈥檚 biggest star -- by comparison, Sinatra was practically a piker and Lady Gaga is unknown. Jolson was the bee鈥檚 knees, the cat鈥檚 pajamas, the flea鈥檚 eyebrows, and all that other jazz from the 1920s.When Jolson was heard belting 鈥榚m out in 鈥淭he Jazz Singer鈥� in ...
Back in July 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to acknowledge the role that slaves played in the construction of the U.S. Capitol building.The vote that day was 399-1.That one 鈥渘o鈥� vote came from Steve King of Iowa.King has accumulated quite a list of eyebrow-raising, racially ...