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;}

Happy Birthday Maurice “Rocket” Richard ► The Hockey Sweater

Happy Birthday, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, still considered one of the best hockey players that ever played the game. This Canadian National Film Board cartoon is fondly remembered by Canadians of all ...

Is Toussaint L’Overture Packing Heat? Again?

Anyone who has studied the history of Haiti will know the name François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, sometimes known as the Black Napoleon. L’ouverture led the only successful slave revolt in the ...

Happy Canada Day!!!

I feel the most nostalgic for Canada on Canada Day. One of the most famous Canadians is Captain Kirk…I mean, William Shatner: However, he’s not the only famous Canadian. Do you ...

Today’s Irony ► Malicious Virus Spoils Birthday Celebrations in Oceania

Dateline June 25, 1903 – Future, and futurist, English writer George Orwell is born as Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bihar, India. Today “Orwellian” is an adjective everyone knows. That ...

A Tribute To Alan Turing ► The Man Who Saved The World

Dateline June 23, 1912 – Alan Turing was born on this day. Who dat? Oh, just the man who saved millions of lives and maybe the world during World War ...

Synchronicity

Josephine Baker hiding behind crossed eyes, a favourite pose of hers. Merriam-Webster defines “synchronicity”as “the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a ...

Day In History ► Manhattan Island Sold

Dateline June 10, 1610 – The most one-sided real estate deal in history as the Dutch think they are buying Manhattan Island from the Natives. Whenever possible I get my ...

You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby – NYT Decides To Capitalize Negro

Dateline June 7, 1930 – The New York Times decides to start capitalizing the word “Negro” out of respect. Look, it’s just a truism that the English language, as well ...

Day In History ► It’s My Birthday

Today is the very best day in all of history because today is the day commemorating my birth 60 years ago. Here are just some of the other people I ...

Day In History ► The British Army Sends ‘Merkin Army Packing

To all my Hamilton and Canadian friends: On this day 199 years ago the British Army made a night raid upon the ‘Merkin army. The Brits had overestimated the ‘Merkin ...

When Whites Went Crazy In Tulsa ► May 31, 1921 ► A Day In History

Otis G. Clark died last week at the ripe old age of 109. Mr. Clark was the last survivor of the terrible Tulsa Race Riot on May 31, 1921, ninety one ...

Day In History ► John and Yoko Bed-In in Montreal ► May 26

Dateline: 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second Bed-In, this time in Montreal, Quebec. They had wanted to do it in New York City, but Lennon was ...

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