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Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Heya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Jazz artist Miles Davis. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, May 24, 2015

Hello Headline Hunters.Today’s birthday belongs to Cecil Bustamente Campbell, OD, better known as Ska legend Prince Buster. Here are some of the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1607 – One ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 21, 2015

Hello again, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to one of Not Now Silly‘s favourite artists: Thomas Wright Waller, better known to Jazz aficionados as simply Fats Waller. Here are some of ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Howdy, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Pete Townshend, of The Who. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, May 17, 2015

Welcome back, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to one of my favourite artists, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known to his fans as Taj Mahal. Among the other Headlines Du Jour ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, May 10, 2015

Hiya, Headliners.Today’s birthday belongs to folksinger Donovan, who occasionally sang about the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 7, 2015

Heya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Teresa Brewer, who knew a thing or two about the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Hello again, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to saxophonist Ace Cannon. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, April 26, 2015

Hey there, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Mother of the Blues, “Ma” Rainey, named Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett at birth. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1564 – ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, April 23, 2015

Howdy, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Roy Orbison. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include: 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England. 1348 ...

Richard Nixon’s Synchronicity In Death

On the day Richard Nixon died, 21 years ago today, I happened to be visiting the United States from my home in Canada. Coincidentally, I was wearing my blue jean jacket ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Hey there, Headliners! Today’s birthday boy is fellow Detroiter, James Newell Osterberg, Jr., aka Iggy Pop and Iggy Stooge. Here are some of the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 753 ...

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