On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court issues its landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, holding in-custody statements of a defendant are admissible only after warnings regarding the right to counsel. The Court specifically ruled that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements made in response to interrogation by the declarant in custody will be admissible […]
Category: Politics
Did Joe Biden Just Commit Political Suicide?
Take a good look at the polls today. According to the RCP average, Joe Biden holds a 16.8 point lead over his closest rival Bernie Sanders. By this time next week, that lead could be significantly reduced, if not completely gone. That’s because Biden, in a move that can only be described as inexplicable, reversed […]
Why Isn’t Kamala Harris Doing Better In the Polls?
The news that Elizabeth Warren has finally hit double digits in a recent poll has apparently been interpreted by many Democratic pollsters as a sign that her “message” is finally starting to resonate with voters. Never mind that if you combine her numbers with those of Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden is still in the lead […]
Bobby Kennedy: the Day That Will Live in Infamy
On this day in 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) is fatally wounded by a gun shot to the head following his victory in the California Democratic Primary for President. His passing the following day shocked a nation already in anguish over the assassinations of Kennedy’s brother John in 1963, and Martin Luther King April […]
Ted Turner Invents 24-Hour Cable News
On this day in 1980, upstart media mogul Ted Turner launches CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network; journalism, politics, circadian rhythms and planet earth would never be the same. The Cable News Network signed on at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and after an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David […]