“I am Not Responsible! I am Not Responsible!”
You may not recognize this phrase much anymore, but in the 1960s it was a common plea, heard up and down the line at...
!950’s Cartoon Predicts the Future of America Today
A simple civics lesson, no longer taught in public schools, this cartoon is 9 minutes long, familiar cartoon characters if you're over 60, the...
Mexico Lindo, A Brief History
Three men, standing at the Mexican border, looking south:
Man #1: Mexico Lindo.
Man #2: I don't see nothin' so 'lindo' about it.
Man #3: Just looks...
“An Extremity of Nominal Democracy”
Barbara Tuchman was one of my two favorite historians, (the other is still alive). She published The First Salute in 1988, then died of a...
Nike Swooshes America
So many pieces, so little time.
An awful lot of points of national survival converge from this little misstep by Nike in re the Matter of...