Thomas P. Hoving was an esteemed director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but he secured his place in history outside the world of art thanks to a remark he made during a brief stint as the city鈥檚 parks commissioner in June 1966. Meningitis cases were cropping up throughout ...
Jeers: The term 鈥渙wn goal鈥� is associated with British soccer and the mistake of kicking a ball into the wrong net. Merriam-Webster defines an own goal as 鈥渟omething one does thinking it will help him or her, but actually causes one harm.鈥� It can safely be said that South Dakota Gov. ...
We鈥檝e been told many times and in many ways that to err is human. Perhaps just as human is the impulse toward nostalgia. Once you reach adulthood, or are deep in middle age or on the cusp of your 鈥済olden years,鈥� it鈥檚 entirely understandable to look back on your younger days with a ...
Jeers: Polio and measles are no longer running rampant throughout the country, and the reason for that is vaccines. The polio vaccine was introduced in 1955, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, and the measles vaccine followed in 1963. These vaccines have saved ...
The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan is notorious for having written in November 2012 that she believed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was going to win the election based on the number of yard signs she had seen and 鈥渧ibes.鈥� It turned out, however, that the ...
Cheers: Austin Murphy, the former congressman and state legislator, died last weekend at the age of 96, and as a remembrance that appeared in the 缅北禁地 noted, his time in the public eye was noteworthy for both accomplishment and controversy. By the time Murphy, a Democrat, won a ...
