Wednesday, April 22, 2009

MLK, Jr's Assassination.: The Lost Photos

This is from CNN's website (April 22nd). The photos were taken by Life photographer Henry Groskinsky and have only recently been released. Your thoughts? http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/21/slideshow.mlk.life/index.html

Thursday, April 16, 2009

"Top Ten Mistakes by U.S. Presidents" (Opinion of Thomas Craughwell)


Craughwell (along with M. William Phelps) is the author of Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and the War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq. What do you think? For your information, I have not read the book. He compiled his list of the "The Top Ten Mistakes" on the Encyclopedia Britannica Blog, and it can be found at:http://www.britannica.com/blogs/author/tcraughwell

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

"Survival Under Atomic Attack" (1950's Civil Defense Film)



This film goes beyond the concept of "duck and cover" and discusses a number of other considerations that the general population was to consider. As always, I am interested in your reactions.