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Dinner of the Century Revisited
Author’s Note: Nineteen years ago tonight marks the anniversary of the dinner honoring the Library’s dedication. The following article appeared in the Checkers newsletter in the August 1990 issue. As a bit of background, Checkers was a newsletter started by Chris...
7.19.69
19 July 1969: One day out.
In Orbit
The death of Walter Cronkite and the vivid memories it evokes of his coverage of the Gemini and Apollo missions of the 1960s and early 1970s, serves as a reminder that Monday will mark the fortieth anniversary of the arrival of the Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon...
Henry Allingham, 1896-2009
The passing of Walter Cronkite yesterday at the age of 92 was followed by many comments, online, in print, and on the airwaves, that it marked the end of an era. This morning, news came of the death of a man who survived Cronkite by a few hours, yet was old enough to...
The Case Of The Amiable Applicant
This week marked the more or less official beginning of the Al Franken Slightly-Less-Than-Three-Fifths-of-a-Decade (Saturday Night Live fans, at least those of 1979-era vintage, will recognize the reference) and it started in a suitably bizarre way. At the Senate...
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Palin, Nixon, Power, And The GOP
In the Times of London, Daniel Finkelstein writes: There is no more eloquent statement of modern Republicanism than resigning office with time still on the clock. Mrs Palin has chosen to talk about power, rather than exercise it. She would rather write a book and give...
7.15.71
Thirty-eight years ago today, the White House asked the three networks to clear space in prime time for an important message from the President. The request appeared to come out of the blue, and there was widespread speculation regarding his intentions ---would he be...