"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! As Convention season gets closer (and one can only guess what 2024 will be like), here is a sampler from another Republican Convention – seventy-two years ago – July 11,1952. General Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers the acceptance…
With the Presidential Campaign of 1936 in its last weeks and at fevered pitch, President Roosevelt embarked on a coast-to-coast tour to bring his message home. In 1936, America was in better shape than it was in 1932. But detractors…
May 17, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 17th 1988 – busy day for politics at home and overseas, this day. Starting with news of a dramatic decline in the U.S. trade deficit.…
– CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – August 18, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 15 years ago it was Campaign 2000 in full swing. With Al Gore consummating the nomination the previous night, he…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NET Newsfront – Interview With Milton Friedman – May 8, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In 1968 the age-old argument over Income Tax in America took a new twist. Since…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Traffic – Glad_Freedom Rider – 1970 I was trying to find something tonight that fit with the spirit of the evening. Rather than go after one of the dozen or so tunes…
Click on the link here for Audio layer: Picking A President – Oct. 1968 Pres. Eisenhower: “The National Convention today is brought to every home in the United States by television, and now even more significant, by Early Bird and…
Click on the link here for audio player: Wilkie Acceptance Speech – 1940 No frills, no send-ups, no films, no slide-shows. Wendell Wilkie accepted the nomination as Presidential candidate for the Republican party in the 1940 election. His speech lasted…