Category: History and Culture

Be the Drop

There’s only one race – it’s human. We are all brothers and sisters. American football player and politican, 9th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Jack Kemp was born on this day in 1935 (died 2009). Sigh…I miss Jack. Jack Kemp was a Republican who got it. Those of you who think Republicans never …

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Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera! As spoken by Yul Brynner as King Mongut of Siam in The King and I, a role he played in film and extensively on Broadway. The Russian actor and dancer was born on this day in 1920. Died 1985. I saw Brynner play the King on Broadway back in …

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