You have to be deep into middle age to know, first-hand, what Daniel Ellsberg did in the early 1970s to expose the top-level lies
Category: History
Banned or burned, the Koran’s in good company
By the time you read this, an extremist Christian minister in Florida may or may not have burned copies of the Koran. He is
Who am I? And what’s my claim to progressive fame?
Progressive-history and trivia buffs, this one’s for you. Occasional Planet is introducing a new feature, called “Who Am I?” After this one introduces the
Medicare for All: The fight continues
The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. At the
Hiroshima: then and now
The city of Hiroshima may have suffered the greatest blow any city ever took on Aug. 6, 1945. The scars are still there, but the city is renewed.
Which president created the largest public works program?
Franklin Roosevelt gave us the New Deal; Lyndon Johnson gave us the Great Society, and Barack Obama gave us a stimulus package of more
What we can learn from Seattle’s 1893 stimulus
Recently I was in Seattle and took in a tourist attraction, the Seattle Underground. I was a little skeptical at first, because I thought
14th Street mall on the verge of another comeback
Let’s hope that this time, it’s for real. A recent visit to the two-block area in north St. Louis, known as the 14th Street
Progressive Republican’s key role in Watergate probe
NOTE: Today, June 17, 2010, is the thirty-eighth anniversary of the Watergate break-in. We have to give Richard Nixon some credit; his disregard for
On the waterfront with Robert Criss
Bob Criss doesn’t claim to walk on water, but on a walk over the water, he has a lot to say about current [pun