I did a little research to see if the term ‘polling’ existed prior to the rise to prominence, (so to speak), of the iconic porn star, John Holmes…it had, although the Holmesian variety, I realized, contained one less ell. One of the earliest political polls was a straw vote by The…
In the 50’s, living on Northlawn Ave. between Intervale and Schoolcraft Sts. in Detroit, our ‘Party Line’ was a weird concept in telephonic history, wherein we shared phone service with another neighborhood family. We each had our own number, (ours was WEbster 55460…I don’t know why I remember that), which only rang…
We’ll probably never know if this week’s spy swap was a fair trade. Do you think there are free agent rules and trading deadlines in espionage? And why do you think Russia would need to go to so much trouble to create fake New Jersey suburbanites when they, (like everyone…
Reflecting on things historical on this Day of Independence, I might have tended to invoke Boston’s Tea Party, (and it’s burgeoning present-day offspring), as being the most famous, (infamous?), but, Mr. Carroll’s, albeit fictitious, Mad Hatter version is still, by far, the epitome of the traditional consumption of brewed beverages,…