Showing posts with label July 4th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 4th. Show all posts
Saturday, July 04, 2020

Independence Day? Two, with pleasure: "The only Founding Father worth honoring this 4th of July is Thomas Paine."

›
It's a long read, and this is a short excerpt. It's worth your time. Why? Because July 4 makes me feel radical and revolutionar...

Independence Day? One, as Charles P. Pierce writes: "We're in Another One of Those Moments Where the Great Bluff Gets Called."

›
The speeches referred to by Pierce are lengthy, eloquent and worthy. In my estimation, they're best read prior to hamburgers and firewo...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (2019).

›
Dave Zirin, one of a select group of sportswriters who really matter, introduces a speech by Frederick Douglass , originally delivered in...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Paine & Pleasure, Part 1: "The only Founding Father worth honoring this 4th of July is Thomas Paine."

›
It's a long read, and this is a short excerpt. It's worth your time, and will be followed by the second part, an old column of mi...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Chicago fact-finding tour, 2017: One or the other Haymarkets on Tuesday, July 4.

›
Greektown is right down Halsted ... (backdated) The Confidentials had an appointment in Chicago on July 6, and I'll have more to ...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Mercy Otis Warren, and calling the Declaration of Independence's bluff.

›
We went for a walk, and saw children on a porch lighting minor league noisemakers. D said, "Do you think if we asked those kids what...

"Howard Zinn’s July 4 Wisdom Stands the Test of Time."

›
This was topical in 2015.  “The American system is the most ingenious system of control in world history. With a country so rich in na...

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (2016)

›
Dave Zirin, one of a select group of sportswriters who really matter, introduces a speech by Frederick Douglass , originally delivered in...
Sunday, July 05, 2015

Gahan honors council enforcer Coffey on the Wizard's home turf.

›
Everyone knows fire works only at dusk, because before night falls, there is too much sunlight and you can't see it. Noticing the fon...
Saturday, July 04, 2015

Howard Zinn on the 4th of July.

›
“The American system is the most ingenious system of control in world history. With a country so rich in natural resources, talent, and ...
1 comment:

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

›
Dave Zirin introduces this speech by Frederick Douglass , which was delivered in 1852. Here’s hoping people take the time to read the en...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Fireworks and Idiots who can't think for themselves ... well ...

›
Apparently Steve Graves has not visited New Albany. I would prefer he does not. After yesterday's conflagration at the recycling complex...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Did you know that a drummer named Steve Price once played for Pablo Cruise?

›
Last night a councilman named Steve Price (no relation to Pablo Cruise's thumper) was among the opening acts for Ambrosia, which headlin...
1 comment:
Saturday, July 05, 2008

A bit of Zinn to exacerbate the hangover.

›
With the birthday parties mostly concluded and the nationalism temporarily abated, permit me to note that I never really understood how one ...
2 comments:
Thursday, July 03, 2008

New Albany's show tonight, and beautification underway.

›
It has been an exhausting past few weeks, and it seems a break is merited. NABC will be open today (Thursday, July 3) but closed Friday, Sat...
3 comments:
Sunday, June 01, 2008

A thriving (and progressive?) RiverStage in Jeffersonville, and in New Albany ... er, never mind.

›
Last October, NAC joined the cheering throng, knocked back a few hop-laden growlers, lassoed the oversized statue overlooking that yellow c...
1 comment: