Category Archives: history

Irish Revenge

November 22, 2023 – 11:53 am

I can remember what I was wearing on November 22, 1963. A white shirt, sky blue tie, and dark navy trousers were the boy’s uniform at Our Lady of the Foothills south of the Neponset River. It was a beautiful autumn day. Then Mother Mary Superior spoke over the intercom and tearfully announced, “President Kennedy […]

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The Dream Is Never Over

November 22, 2023 – 4:27 am

After spending a lovely night in Houston, JFK and his wife boarded the presidential jet for a short hop to Dallas. The crowds lining the route applauded the president and his hostess, Mrs. Connolly, commented that Dallas loved him and the president replied, “That’s very obvious.” A second later a single bullet and then another […]

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Palestine Then

November 15, 2023 – 5:20 pm

During the Great War the French and British sliced up the Ottoman Empire without any interest in creating viable states according to the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement. TE Lawrence was outraged by this betrayal of the two nations’ allies again the Turks. The Mandate of Palestine was given to the English who stood by when the […]

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October 25, 1978 East Village Journal Entry

October 27, 2023 – 1:17 pm

On Alice; she is very frustrated progress on Moliere’s GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at the Kurt Dempster’s Ensemble Theater, since the young actors all hate each other. She is the director of this production and I asked, “Can’t you channel the hatred?” What do you know about theater?” We were on the Bowery and I stopped […]

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Palestine Peace Train

October 27, 2023 – 10:47 am

Back in the late 19th century European Jews sought a homeland to call their own. The obvious choice was Palestine with their historical ties to the Levant dating back the End of the Exodus and an existing community of 10,000 in Jerusalem and three other cities. By 1918 the Jewish population in Palestine had expanded […]

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