Today was Veterans Day – but yesterday will always be Armistice Day. The November federal holiday honoring those who have served in the American military has been called Veterans Day far longer than the name it was first known by,… Read More ›
The Present Past
Felix Baumgartner Left Earth Today to Free-Fall Thru the Sound Barrier…And History
Not as much of the world may, right now, be watching television as it did a half-century ago when, in 1961, U.S. astronaut John Glenn flew in the first space capsule to orbit the globe, or waiting by a radio… Read More ›
The Heroic Astronaut: John Glenn is 90 Years Old Today
A half-century ago, everyone knew the name of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth. In his silver suit and white helmet beneath his crew-cut and blue eyes, the astronaut flashed a beaming smile as he crammed… Read More ›
Good Time Charlie: The Sheen of Hollywood's Resurrected Rogue
In repossessing his previously successful persona, Charlie Sheen is now tweaking it into a narrative only Hollywood’s long-gone “Rogue” Archetype can play out. Whether search efforts for chards of the original Person have been abandoned only he knows; others only speculate…. Read More ›
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