It was a night the moguls of cinema swore they would never forget, until they did.The year was 1939. The topic was the upcoming release of “Gone With The Wind.” The film’s stars, Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, were on hand for a public discussion of the movie. The interviewer was radio’s ...
<em>“I was a good student. I understand things. I comprehend very well. OK. Better than, I think, almost anybody.”</em>President Donald J. Trump, during a speech on Feb. 8, 2017The president needed to make a point.He’d known for a couple of days that a newly ...
President Trump finally got one right: by all means Congress should bring back earmarks.For those of you unfamiliar with the term, earmarks are those little nuggets of Congressional appropriations slipped into the federal spending stream by members of Congress which typically pay for purely ...
<em>“President Trump has made 1,950 false or misleading claims over 347 days.”</em><em>-- Washington Post Fact Checker’s headline, Jan. 2, 2018</em>President Trump made lots of wild claims about his presidential prowess since he’s ...
Hollywood spends a lot of time and money getting the atmospherics right. Take the widely-publicized “Darkest Hour,” about Winston Churchill’s dramatic early days in office during World War II.The prime minister’s official residence, 10 Downing Street, and the House of Commons look just ...
It’s distressing when family members are at each others’ throats, or are so indifferent to one another they fall out of touch. It’s especially disheartening this time of year. The holidays, among other things, are about family.All of this, plus a display at a local restaurant, got me to ...