Letters to the Dallas Morning News, 1963
“A truly socialistic regime.” “Free enterprise is finished. States’ rights have vanished. We now have taxation without representation.” Gee, they’re talking about Barack Obama, right? Not quite.
Biographies
David Beckham’s MLS Championship Doesn’t Really Count, Say the British Papers
David Beckham and the LA Galaxy have won the MLS Cup in Beckham’s fifth and (probably) final year with the team. Which has given the British papers got one more chance to snicker, chuckle, and sneer at Beckham and American soccer. Well played, lads!
Pride and Extreme Prejudice: Was Jane Austen Poisoned?
A British author is claiming that Jane Austen may have died of arsenic poison. The symptoms: splotchy skin, a loss of energy, and the desire to sell a new crime novel about how Jane Austen might have been poisoned with arsenic.
Wow: Natalie Wood’s Death is Being Re-Investigated by Sheriffs
30 years after actress Natalie Wood died in a mysterious yachting accident off Catalina Island, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office has decided to reopen the case — apparently after hearing that the yacht’s captain has more to say.
Fighting Nazis and Body Odor
This soldier is home on furlough, probably resting from fighting Nazis. But now he’s found an evil as bad as Hitler, right there under our own arms.
Mount Rushmore 2.0: Reagan or JFK?
Republicans want Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore. Democrats want John F. Kennedy. But what if there were a solution that would satisfy both groups? Say hello to The Rushmore Ten.
Dr. Sam Sheppard’s Murder Trials
Dr. Sam Sheppard was acquitted of murdering his wife 45 years ago today, after he’d spent nearly a decade in prison. A happy ending, right? Wrong.
‘West Side Story’ at 50: Great Photos and a Mysterious Absence
The stars of West Side Story got their hands dirty at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on November 15th.
The End of the Gemini Space Program
On this day in 1966 the Gemini XII spacecraft landed safely, marking the end of the Gemini program and paving the way for Apollo and what followed. What did Gemini XII accomplish?
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe!
It would have been Georgia O’Keeffe’s birthday today. She was born 124 years ago in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. In her honor I’ve drawn a cartoon — with a little of the southwestern flavor that made her famous.