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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 27, 2014

Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday boy is Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who would have been 103 had he not had the misfortune of dying. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 22, 2014

Hey there, Headliners! Today’s birthday is celebrated by Herman Poole Blount, who the world better knew as Sun Ra. The Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include: 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Howdy, Headliners!!! It’s the birthday of Cher, one of the few people on earth known by just one name. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1570 – Cartographer ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, May 19, 2014

Hello, Headliners!!! It’s the b-b-birthday of P-P-Pete Townshend. Other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include: 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, May 17, 2014

Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday boy is Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known to music fans as Taj Mahal. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1536 – The annulment of ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, May 16, 2014

Welcome home, Headliners!!! Today’s birthday boy is guitarist extraordinaire Robert Fripp. Here are some of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 15, 2014

Hello there, Headliners!!! Today’s birthday boy is Abraham Zapruder, who shot the most famous movie ever made, one that launched its own Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear. Here are some ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, May 12, 2014

Howdy, Headliners. Today is George Carlin’s birthday. He may be gone, but he still makes us laugh and think. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1328 – Antipope ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, May 10, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday boy is Donovan Leitch, known as Donovan. It was also a very busy day in history, here are just some of the Headlines Du Jour of ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, May 9, 2014

Howdy, Headliners!!! It’s the birthday of Canadian Hank Snow, who introduced Elvis Presley to Colonel Tom Parker. If Hank Snow married June Carter, there’d be 6 inches of Snow in ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 8, 2014

Hello, Headliners!!! Today’s birthday girl is Teresa Brewer, one of the best selling singers of the ’50s and ’60s. Here are some of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 351 – ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Hello, Headliners!!! Today’s birthday boy is Orson Welles, who never bettered his first film, Citizen Kane. Here are some of the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1835 – James Gordon ...

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