Now & Then

Should Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones be pulled?

Should Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones be pulled? Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly and her new home, NBC, are under fire this week for an interview set to air this Sunday with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones has questioned whether the killing of 26 people in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax. Many argue that giving Jones… .repubhubembed{display:none;}

Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, November 1, 2013

Now that we’ve got Halloween and Octover out of the way, it’s time for November. November 1 is the 305th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are ...

Headlines Du Jour ► All Hallows Eve ► Thursday, October 31, 2013

Headlines Du Jour is an aggregation of news stories you may be interested in, you may have missed, or you didn’t even know you wanted until you read about it ...

Happy Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright

Dateline June 8, 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright is born in Wisconsin. By the time he died at the age of 92, he would be considered the greatest architect that ...

When High Speed Rail Died ► The Naperville Train Disaster

You can pinpoint the exact time and place ‘Merka gave up on high speed rail: midday April 26, 1946 in Naperville, Illinois. That’s when and where the Exposition Flyer, traveling ...

Who’s Got Geronimo’s Skull?

Geronimo in 1887 Dateline February 17, 1909 – Apache Chief Geronimo dies from complications from pneumonia at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Geronimo surrendered in 1886 and spent his last years as a Prisoner ...

Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be ► The Electrocution of Topsy

Dateline January 4, 1903 – On this day a circus elephant named Topsy was electrocuted to death by The Wizard of Menlo Park, Thomas Edison. The death sentence was carried ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Just want to wish all my faithful readers a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Have a great 2013. That’s an order.

Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be ► Flying High

Drawing of steerable dirigible created by Henri Giffard, which reportedly flew 15 miles in 1852. If God had meant humans to fly, She would have provided everyone with carry-on luggage. Back at ...

Happy Magazine Day ► Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be

First issue of Rolling Stone First issue of The Atlantic DATELINE November 9 – On this date in 1967, Rolling Stone published its first issue in San Francisco. On this date in ...

Prohibition Then and Now

Detroit on January 16, 1920, the day before prohibition began. DATELINE October 28, 1919 – The House overrides President Woodrow Wilson’s veto to pass the 18th Amendment, also known as the ...

Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce

Dateline October 13, 1925 – Leonard Alfred Schneider is born in Mineola, New York. By the time Lenny Bruce died in 1966 he had changed the face of comedy forever. ...

Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be ► Happy Birthday Martha Mitchell

John and Martha Mitchell before their 1973 divorce Today would have been Martha Mitchell‘s 94th Birthday, had she not had the misfortune of dying in 1976. It’s a good thing she’s ...

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