Tricky Dicky From Yorba Linda
Speaking of Presidential crimes committed on audio tape, on this very day in 1974, President Nixon flatly refuses to produce any of the more than…
The Sunday Driver, S2, E1: Yuletide Whistling Past the Graveyard
Good Sunday Evening to all, and we hope to find you and yours relatively well in this nascent New Year. I’m sure everyone is tan,…
A Return to Perfidy
On this day in 1923 US Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns from President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet in response to public outrage over the Teapot…
The Freedom of Said Persons
On this day in 1863, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves held in the Confederate States of America free. While this edict…
Solidarity Forever
On this day in 1936, the Flint sit-down strike against General Motors commences at Fisher Body Plant No. 1. When the strike finally ended 44…
Death of the People’s Dream at Wounded Knee
On this day in 1890, soldiers of the US Army’s 7th cavalry open fire on a band of the Lakota tribe at Wounded Knee Creek,…
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