As another disastrous month at the keyboard winds down – I either need to get it back together or let this proposition go – let’s talk a bit about President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and North Africa. With the first half of 1942 “in the books”, President Roosevelt found himself in the middle [...]
Archive for July, 2011
President Roosevelt Lights the Torch
Posted in Africa, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1942, Operation Torch, President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill on July 30 | 1 Comment »
George Brett Goes Batty Over Pine Tar
Posted in Later twentieth century (1961-2000), United States, tagged 1983, Billy Martin, George Brett, Kansas City Royals, Pine Tar Incident on July 24 | Leave a Comment »
The Kansas City Royals aren’t a very good baseball team. They’ve been pretty bad for quite a while. It’s true that the Royals have a bright future, fueled by one of the best farm systems in the game. But for the time being, Royals fans continue to suffer. Some of you, however, may remember when the Kansas City Royals [...]
Lifeboats not an Issue on Carpathia
Posted in World War I (1914-1918), tagged 1918, RMS Carpathia, RMS Titanic on July 17 | Leave a Comment »
The last time I checked in, it was a hot and steamy Sunday evening. Tonight, it’s a hotter and steamier Sunday evening. And, according to the weather folks, “hotterer” and “steamierer” (I don’t think those are real words) are coming. Monday and Tuesday will see us in the furnace, with a slow break beginning on [...]
Millard Fillmore: Our Final Whig President
Posted in Early nineteenth century (1810-1850), United States, tagged 1850, Gastroenteritis, President Millard Fillmore, President Zachary Taylor, slavery on July 10 | 4 Comments »
It’s a hot, steamy, summer Sunday night. There really aren’t any clouds to speak of, but I think if I went out and shouted loud enough, I could trigger storms. It feels like one of those days where something bad weather-wise could happen at any time, but so far, nothing. July 4th hasn’t always been [...]
James Monroe: From Sea to Shining Sea
Posted in Early nineteenth century (1810-1850), United States, tagged Elizabeth Monroe, President James Monroe, President John Quincy Adams on July 4 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Independence Day!! Back in 2008, we took this day to reflect on the lives of Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It seems so completely appropriate that both these Founders, so intertwined with the founding of this great nation, died as the last surviving signers of the Declaration of Independence on this day in 1826…the country’s [...]
President Cleveland’s “Tooth Extraction”
Posted in Late nineteenth century (1865-1900), United States, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1893, Cancer, President Grover Cleveland on July 1 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a Friday night, it’s hot like a furnace, and it’s a 4th of July weekend. I highly doubt many of you are sitting by your computer wondering what Joel is going to write on July’s first day. And that’s fine, because I’m not wondering, either. I know what I’m going to write, and I [...]
