Tag Archives: history

History of the Minors: Ty Cobb’s Side Hustle

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The New Haven Colonials Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged Babe Ruth, baseball, Eastern Leag;ue, George Weiss, history, minor league baseball, New Haven Colonials, sports, Ty Cobb | 4 Comments

A Brief History of Racial and Social Injustice Drawn and Painted

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Artists’ views of bigotry, violence and labor unrest in America. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History | Tagged art, Depression, history, labor, Louisville Flood, Memorial Day Massacre, Norman Rockwell, painting, racism, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scottsboro Boys, social justice, Warhol, Whitney Museum of American Art | 11 Comments

The Men Behind the Toppled Statues

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Who thought is was a good idea to celebrate the lives of racists, colonialists and slave traders? Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Albert Pike, Edward Carmack, Edward Colston, history, Junipero Serra, monuments, protesters, racism, statues | 5 Comments

How Does Bill Barr Stack Up Against the Worst Attorneys General in U.S. History?

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The politics and corruption of America’s top law enforcement officers. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged A. Mitchell Palmer, Alberto Gonzales, Attorneys General, Bill Barr, corruption, Henry M. Daugherty, history, immigrants, John Mitchell, warrantless surveillance | 9 Comments

These Guys Were Supreme Court Justices?!!

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Bigotry and incompetence on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Baker v. carr, Brett Kavanaugh, Charles E. Whittaker, Clarence Thomas, Dred Scott, history, James Clark McReynolds, John Rutledge, racism, Roger B. Taney, slavery, U.S. Supreme Court | 11 Comments

How I Came to Spend the Pandemic Thinking About Winston Churchill

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Reviews of recent works by Candice Millard and Eric Larson Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, History | Tagged Battle of Britain, Boer War, Boers, Book reviews, Candice Millare, Eric Larson, Finest Hour, Great Britain, Hermann Goring, history, London, Nazi Germany, South Africa, Transvaal, Winston Churchil, World War II | 13 Comments

The Jukebox Story: Rise and Fall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The impact of technical, economic and cultural changes. Continue reading →

Posted in History, History of Teenagers | Tagged 45 rpm, 50's, history, jukebox, music, records, Seeberg, teenagers, Wurlitzer | 8 Comments

The Jukebox Story: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Was it the inventor of the “nickel-in-the-slot” machine? Continue reading →

Posted in History, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert K. Keller, automatic phonograph, Charles Adams Randall, history, juke joints, jukebox, Louis Glass, music, phonograph | 10 Comments

Let’s Social Distance and Quarantine Like It’s 1918

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The doctors, deniers and poets of the Spanish flu pandemic. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1918, history, pandemic, Spanish flu | 10 Comments

Blame Ben Franklin: The History of For-Profit Colleges

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The commercial for-profit college business is older than the United States itself. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Bryant & Stratton, colleges, commercial college, education, for-profit colleges, history, Strayer University | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: history

History of the Minors: Ty Cobb’s Side Hustle

The Men Behind the Toppled Statues

How Does Bill Barr Stack Up Against the Worst Attorneys General in U.S. History?

These Guys Were Supreme Court Justices?!!

How I Came to Spend the Pandemic Thinking About Winston Churchill

The Jukebox Story: Rise and Fall

The Jukebox Story: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?

Let’s Social Distance and Quarantine Like It’s 1918

Blame Ben Franklin: The History of For-Profit Colleges

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