A Brief History On June 14, 2016, Central Florida was rocked by its third horrific event within the past few days when an alligator snatched a 2 year old boy wading in shallow water at a Disney resort. Compounding the horror, the boy’s father tried to pull the child from the giant reptile, but the alligator was too strong, and pulled the child underwater where the boy was drowned. Digging Deeper This horror comes on the heels of the shooting death of internet and Voice singing sensation Christina Grimmie on June 11 in Orlando and the Pulse nightclub massacre on…
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A Brief History On June 14, 1789, the Rev. Elijah Craig first distilled whiskey from maize (corn). Since he was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he called his creation Bourbon. Many foods and drinks derive their name from where they were invented or made popular, or for whatever reason were named after a city, region, or country. Here we list 10 of the most popular of these “place named” foods and drinks. 10. 1000 Island Dressing. Going back to around 1900 or so, legend has it that this salad dressing and sandwich topping was made in the 1000 Islands Region of…
A Brief History On June 14, 1954, Flag Day that year, President Eisenhower signed a joint resolution of Congress amending the 1942 Flag Code, adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. The president had only recently been baptized a Presbyterian and was apparently in a religious feeling when he declared “the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.” Digging Deeper Not surprisingly, not everyone agreed. The backdrop to this issue was the Cold War, the struggle of atheistic communism against “Christian” democracy and capitalism. Eisenhower and Congress clearly wanted to differentiate us from them. Many people already were against the Pledge of Allegiance on…
A Brief History On June 13, 2016, we ask if calls for de-militarizing police should be put on hold? After the anti-police hysteria following police related killings of black (in this article we will use this term to be in consonance with “Black Lives Matter?) in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland (as well as New York and Cleveland), many naïve people called for the “de-militarization of police.” Led by no less than President Barack Obama, who declared his intention to keep military surplus equipment out of the hands of police, the reactionary response has been shown in graphic detail to…
A Brief History On June 13, 1966, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miranda in Miranda v Arizona, creating the requirement for police to inform people of their rights before questioning. On March 13, 2014, we ran an article about that, and on May 20, 2014, we wrote a list about things commonly misunderstood about the law. Here we list another 10 of those commonly misunderstood legal things. Remember, laws may vary from state to state and local laws might have differences as well, so we are talking what is generally the case, not always. If you need actual…