Does the name Alfred E. Lewis ring a bell? Probably not. Yet it was under his by-line the Washington Post reported the June 17, 1972 arrest of five individuals at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The opening paragraph stated: Five men, one of whom said he is a former employee … Read more
FACT: Thomas Jefferson, not only owned slaves, he fathered children by at least one that we know of. FACT: Ty Cobb was a racist and Babe Ruth once told his young fans, “It’s simple kids. If you drink and smoke and eat and screw as much as me. Well, kiddos, someday you’ll be just … Read more
In the 1967 Paul Newman vehicle Cool Hand Luke, the unnamed “Captain” (Strother Martin), who oversees the prison in which Luke resides, delivers a line which the American Film Institute (AFI) ranks #11 among its list of top 100 quotations in American cinema. What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. This sentence is most … Read more
Today, we are being exposed to just one more example of how the pro-Trumpsters are making every effort to give Agent Orange (my favorite euphemism for Donald Trump) credit before it is earned. In this case, they are hailing Trump for the stock market bump since election day. Conservative economists who have always warned against … Read more
Longtime Seinfeld fans will recognize the title of this post. On the sit-com’s January 5, 1995 episode, Jerry finds his current girlfriend’s roommate more appealing and asks George to help him find a way to make “the switch.” George replies: Do you realize in the entire history of western civilization no one has successfully accomplished … Read more