I thought that I knew all there was to know about Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson until last week.Thanks to Ken Burns’ comprehensive portrait of the man during his two-part, four hour PBS series, simply titled “Jackie Robinson,” I realized how complex his life story had been.I’d ...
ItĢƵ too bad that in the entirety of PennsylvaniaĢƵ 9th congressional district, not a single Democratic had the gumption or the wherewithal to file papers to run for Congress.It is true that the district, which takes in all or parts of 12 counties, including Fayette, Washington, ...
The cover story in this monthĢƵ edition of HarperĢƵ Magazine reveals a damning bit of American history.That aside from that scallywag Richard Nixon having made attempts to circumvent the whole U.S. Constitution, he left an even darker legacy.The articleĢƵ writer, Dan Baum, highlighted a ...