John Lennon – Dream Ends At The Dakota – December 8, 1980
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Category: Social Commentary
Election 2000 – Sharp Divides, Deep Divisions, Stunning Developments – December 8, 2000
December 8, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 8, 2000 – Election 2000 and America’s cliffhanger. Now it was all down to Florida – and the battle of wills was underway. The Gore team sought a recount. The Bush team
Civil Liberties – Are They In Danger? 1947 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
The question of our Civil Liberties has been a topic of discussion and speculation going on for decades. However, at no other time has it been such an issue as it is now. With laws twisted and perverted, and those interpreting the law ranging from the corrupt to the merely
Always About The Economy – Donald Regan And Supply Side Economics – 1982 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Donald Regan – Face The Nation – 1982 The 80’s – days of Reaganomics and the Supply Side Economy. As a reminder that all was not bliss and Supply Side was doing a bit of backtracking even on the parts of its staunchest advocates, here is an interview with Treasury
Bhopal: A Cloud Of Misery – December 4, 1984
– Bhopal Aftermath – CBS World News Roundup – December 4, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had a lot to do with the continually unfolding story in Bhopal India. A poison gas leak from a Union Carbide Chemical plant, exposing some 500,000 people –
School Desegregation – December 2, 1960
– Eyewitness To History – School Desegregation In New Orleans – December 2, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – School Desegregation, even 6 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, schools were loathed to follow the ruling, balking at the notion of integrating
George Bush – World AIDS Day – December 1, 2005
Since our own State Department decided not to observe it this year, December 1st is World AIDS Day – and this day in 2005 it was observed and spoken about and had some light shed on it, unlike World AIDS Day 2025. Here is the text of the printed excerpt
It’s Thanksgiving 1970 – It’s Family – It’s Dinner – It’s A Jumbo Bag Of Reality.
KYA – San Francisco – November 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You will never get tired of calling yourself the Crown Prince of Poor Timing – it’s in your genes, can’t get rid of them – can’t ask them nicely to fuck off – can’t go out and
Call Of The Range – Cliffie Stone And The Plainsmen – 1946 – Past Daily Holiday Gallimaufry
Call Of The Range – Cliffie Stone With The Plainsmen – CBS Radio/KNX Los Angeles – October 21, 1946- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’re still in Holiday Mode and most likely working on Thanksgiving leftovers, here is something you absolutely don’t hear anymore. Not unless you already know
A Jean Shepherd Thanksgiving – 1972 – Past Daily Holiday Gallimaufry
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