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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Branch, Jackie, and Pee Wee
Earlier this month June and I watched “42,” the new movie about Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 became the first African-American to play in major league baseball. Strangely, I don’t remember much about him specifically. His being a black player … Continue reading
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Tagged 42 (movie), Reese (Pee Wee), Rickey (Branch), Robinson (Jackie)
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The Futility of Retaliation
Quite a celebration has been planned for next weekend in my hometown, Grant City, Missouri, in commemoration of its founding 150 years ago, in February 1863. The town was named after Ulysses S. Grant, a Union solider in the Civil … Continue reading
Border Wars
In celebration of my birthday last week, June and I made an overnight trip to Lawrence, Kansas. It was largely because of recently watching the 1999 Ang Lee movie “Ride with the Devil” that we decided to make the short … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wars, Kansaw, Lawrence (Kansas), Missoui, Quantrill (William)
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The First Day of Winter
No, I am not confused about the date, as maybe you wondered when you saw the title of this posting. I know it is still more than four months until the first day of winter according to the 2013 calendar. … Continue reading
Considering Robert Ingersoll, “the Great Agnostic”
On August 11, 1833, John Ingersoll, a Christian pastor, and his wife Mary became the proud parents of a baby boy, whom they named Robert Green. In spite of being born into a pious home in a small upstate New … Continue reading
The View from This Seat (supplementary blog) 