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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 ► Monday, May 5, 2014

Howdy, Headliners. Cinco de Mayo is also the birthday of Monty Python’s Michael Palin. Here are some of the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear. 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, May 4, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday boy is Canadian Jazz great Maynard Ferguson. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear: 1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, May 1, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday is celebrated by Little Walter, considered one of the greatest harmonica players of all time. While I try to keep the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday boy is Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. Here are some of the other events of yesteryear: 1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. 1770 ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, April 28, 2014

Hello Headliners. Among those celebrating birthdays today is Ann Margret. She launched a few Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear herself. 1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, April 25, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday boy is Egbert Roscoe Murrow, aka Edward R. Murrow. who read a lot of Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, April 24, 2014

Hello there, Headliners. Today’s birthday girl is Barbra Streisand, still going strong. Before looking at today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s have a look at a few from yesteryear: 1704 – The ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Howdy Headliners. Celebrating birthdays today are Shirley Temple and Roy Orbison, both responsible for their share of Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1348 – The founding of the Order of the ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Hey there, Headliners. Today we are all celebrating the birthday of Bettie Page, gone but not forgotten. She launched a few Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear: 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, April 21, 2014

Hello there, Headliners! It’s the birthday of writer John Mortimer, who brought us the incompatible Horace Rumpole of the Old Bailey. He was known to read the Headlines Du Jour ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, April 19, 2014

Hello Headliners!!! Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Eliot Ness, responsible for more than one Headline Du Jour of yesteryear. 1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding. 1775 ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, April 17, 2014

Hello Headliners. Let’s all sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bobby Curtola, one of Canada’s first teen idols. He was a Headline Du Jour of yesteryear, but is still going strong. Also ...

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