My history blogging continues. Before clicking, see if you know the year. "Boston Corset Maker Says Women Have Grown Stouter" — and the the 21-inch waist is a thing of the past. The Chief Justice spoke of Lincoln's…
Nina writes (with many photos): Exactly on the midnight of this day, in 1944, the Normandy Invasion began. D-Day. And it started with the Allied army capture of this bridge. The first soldier to die in the invasion, Lt. Brotherid…
That was the announcement, 40 years ago, made at 1:59 a.m., the last entry in the transcripts of statements made by Bobby Kennedy's press secretary from the hospital. The first statement is from 2:30 a.m on June 5th. It is a…
Who asked that about whom in 1964? "They wear high, tight, wight collars, black jackets and what were once known as 'ice cream pants.'" What the hell are ice cream pants? Did people even know that in 1964? "…
Here 's some timely analysis by law and religion prof John Witte Jr. (It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to …
"He needs her to win because if she doesn’t become president, he goes down as a minor president. If she wins, it’s the Adamses and the Roosevelts and the Clintons." A former Clinton adviser said to Maureen Dowd. Hey, it…
Bill Scher perceives irony in McCain's ad — which depicts his life story, including his service in Vietnam — because it is "very much about 'I.'" Scher thinks the ad says: "Look at the heroic life that…
Here's the car (at the NY Transit Museum): I love this one (brassieres and war bonds): And this — Who knew Chuckles would keep you alert? And look how enthusiastically that strange man is wielding his Chuckles at her.
Thomas Sowell asks. His answer: "It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this resolution is just the latest in a series of Congressional efforts to sabotage the conduct of [the Iraq] war." UPDATE: Retreat: "Almos…
Manohla Dargis describes a scene in the new movie "Elizabeth: The Golden Age": Declaiming from atop her white horse, her legs now conspicuously parted as she straddles the jittery, stamping animal, she invokes God and …
... is locked up at the Clinton Library. "Opposition researchers would be very hungry to see what's there." Robert Shrum, senior political strategist in Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign…
So thought Philip Roth in 1960 -- as reported in a 1997 NYT review of "American Pastoral." ( TimesSelect link. ) He argued that real life, the life out of newspaper headlines, was outdoing the imagination of novelists, …
It's a good day... To be born... The same day... As Lydia Lunch and Frank Rich ... And Jerry Mathers and the Marquis de Sade ... And Johnny Weismuller, Martha Washington, and Thomas Hardy ... You could go anywhere.
At the LBJ Library , the floors of archives are on beautiful, grand display: And there are three floors of exhibits, which pull you through the history and culture of the 1960s, the time when I was a teenager. Did so much more ha…