History
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (AP)--A father of two sons killed in Korea said today he refused to accept the Medal of Honor on the ground that President Truman is unworthy to bestow it "on my boys or anyone's boys." The 65-year-old father, Halsey McGovern, said he
History
Blame for the "wanton spilling of American blood in Korea" was placed upon the shoulders of the Truman Administration by the delegates to the State convention of the California Republican Assembly yesterday. In the concluding session of the convention at the Hotel St. Francis [in San Francisco], the
Politics
Tom Kirkendall posts Paul Johnson's tribute to Pope John Paul II. One paragraph from it: Not that the pope condoned terrorism in any form. He was never among those clergy in the West who mitigated their disapproval by pointing to legitimate grievances. ...which reminded me of another paragraph
Intellect
From an interview with baseball statistics guru Bill James: [Question: ] I have to ask you this. On an internet baseball fan site, I recently saw you quoted to the effect that veteran leadership had enabled the Red Sox to come back from down 0-3 in the ALCS. But, in that
History
During [the Teheran conference of 1943], Roosevelt had a private talk with Stalin and Molotov for the purposes of putting them in possession of certain essential facts concerning American politics. It was a cause of wonderment to the President that the Russian leaders appeared to be so inadequately informed as
Houston
I have lived in Precinct 0200 of Harris County since summer 2000, and I was surprised by the voting shift between the November 2000 election and the November 2004 one: 2000 2004 PRESIDENT Republican 51.1% 46.2% Democratic 42.7 52.6 Naderite 5.5 0.4 Libertarian 0.
Politics
472,320—number of votes John Kerry received in Harris County, Texas (Houston's county, where Bush 41 lives and Bush 43 lived). 467,746—number of votes John Kerry received in the City and County of San Francisco and Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland) combined. 1,188,006—number
Politics
The Holy Spirit speaks through the good Reverend Hasty. And Dan Conley makes a welcome return. Update: Yes. And yes.
Politics
I love America. And it's sad to see something you love try to commit suicide. We will probably survive four more years of Bush. But why run the risk?
Politics
Kerry 278, Bush 260. Update: I overrated the role the Libertarians would play in the Western states. I should have known better. I agree with Matt Welch that libertarians are screwed now.
Politics
From a sign at the University of Houston - Downtown campus: UHD College Democrats Endorse John Kerry and John Edwards in 2004
History
The states of Mississippi and Alabama have both had voting rights in 44 federal elections (Alabama had voting rights a 45th time, in 1868, while Mississippi was still under a Reconstruction government). The two states have cast their electoral votes for the same presidential candidate in 42 of those 44