Every year, I see flashes of the St. Patrick's Day parade on television. When you've grown up near Boston, anything Irish has a resonance to it.... more

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St. Patrick’s Day 2010 is March 17 - When everyone is Irish!

Posted 2 days ago by goodman|7 Comments|727 Views

St. Patrick's Day 2010 is March 17. You should wear some green, lest you get pinched by a friend. Unless you like that sort of thing.Ah, St. Patrick's... more

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A Manuscript Burned At Columbia in 1968

Posted 1 month ago by Rudi Stettner|0 Comments|170 Views

There is a lot of nostalgia for the culture of the sixties. The music, the art and the news are suitable fodder for the nostalgia movement. When... more

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NBC Confused About Black History Month

Posted 1 month ago by MBurnside|20 Comments|203 Views

It seems that the other day one of the members of the house band for ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ was taking a break from a long day of rehearsals.... more

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Thoughts of Berlin 1989

Posted 4 months ago by Rudi Stettner|6 Comments|215 Views

Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was not an isolated event, but the culmination of processes of change that had been... more

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Russia Speaks on You Tube

Posted 4 months ago by Rudi Stettner|3 Comments|187 Views

You Tube is one of the best places in the world to hear history and politics argued by partisans of one side or another. I have had the good fortune... more

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Hitler Called Chamberlain What ?!

Posted 5 months ago by Rudi Stettner|0 Comments|195 Views

A look at history indicates that there may even be hope for Barack Obama, the arch appeaser of our generation. The British papers are now feasting... more

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We're Making History

Posted 5 months ago by The Cypress Gang|0 Comments|70 Views

We are living in history and do not appreciate the honor being bestowed upon us. We should be grateful for the honor. We can now state that we lived... more

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Where Were You When

Posted 6 months ago by MBurnside|12 Comments|181 Views

It was about six thirty in the morning West Coast time. My ex and I had just recently completed our divorce and I was living alone. I had recently... more

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Fruit of a Poisoned Tree

Posted 6 months ago by JAK Gladney|0 Comments|193 Views

He was fluent in French; an amateur botanist, inventor, and architect. He was standoffish and not especially fond of speaking in public. And like... more

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