Friday, August 07, 2026
Jasmine Crockett, political consultant
Jasmine Crockett, political consultant:
Rather unexpectedly, her take on the state of the Texas race for the U.S. Senate is an intelligent one.
Click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/jasmine-crockett-political-consultant/
August 1971: Remembering "How can you mend a broken heart" by The Bee Gees!
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb had the # 1 song in the US back in August 1971. In fact, it was # 1 for several weeks and their first # 1 in the US. Of course, they had more in the 1970's..........9 in total.
Today, we remember one of the Gibbs' most beautiful songs. It was written by Barry and Robin. Maurice played piano & background vocals.
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We remember Felice Bryant (1925-2003)
We remember Felice Bryant. She was born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto in Wisconsin on this day in 1925 and died in 2003.
Along with her husband Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant, they composed some of the most popular tunes of the 20th century. One of their greatest songs was " All I Have To Do Is Dream", a hit for The Everly Brothers.
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1967: Remember when "To love somebody" and "Somebody to love" were on the charts?
I remember one time when I was accounting for our batch of 45s. I realized that we had a song called "To love somebody" and another one "Somebody to love".
They are both classics from that wonderful musical year of 1967.
"To love somebody" was The Bee Gees' 2nd international hit, or the follow up to "New York Mining Disaster". It was recorded by several artists and it is still very popular today.
"Somebody to love" was the first big hit by Jefferson Airplane, a California band. The lead singer was Gracie Slick.
It was a great summer of songs.
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Thursday, August 06, 2026
Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me?
Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me?:
The time has come for the WNBA to take a position and stop sending virtue signals for the benefit of woke reporters.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/julie-julie-julie-do-you-love-me/
We remember Lucy (1911-1989)
We remember Lucille Désirée Ball who was born on this day in 1911. She died in 1989.
For my money, Lucille Ball is the funniest lady around.
Lucy and Desi gave us "I love Lucy", perhaps the greatest TV show ever. You can now purchase the entire series here. As I've heard, the show is seen in over 70 countries and many languages. Can you imagine Lucy dubbed in Japanese?
1971: "Melody" is a year older
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I remember going to the store one weekend and finding a British movie called "Melody" from 1971. I read that it featured the music of The Bee Gees so that was enough to rent and watch the movie. I don't think that the movie was released in the US.
Frankly, it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable movies that I've ever seen. It did not win any awards or get inducted in some Hall of Fame but it was entertaining.
"Melody" was the story of a boy and girl living that "moment" when we all figure out that boys and girls are different.
You can call it your "first crush" moment! Remember that time when you kept looking at some girl across the room? Remember how she looked back? Remember the Friday night dance with all of the boys on one side and the girls on the other?
"Melody" was very nice and the music was fabulous, specially "First of May", one of the greatest songs from The Bee Gees' repertoire.
Rent "Melody" and you will enjoy it, specially if you were once a 12-year old boy with a crush on a cute girl in school.
Hiroshima 1945: Truman and the bomb with Barry Jacobsen
We remember another anniversary of one of the most consequential days of the 20th century.
Back on this day in 1945, many people heard about Hiroshima on the radio or perhaps saw the scenes on one of those newsreels.
In the summer of 1945, President Truman was confronted with one of those decisions that only a president faces. He looked at the horrible options and made the right call, as my friend Bill Katz explained. The bomb stopped the war and the killing:
Of course we regret the lives that were lost, as we always regret death and destruction in war, but guilt is not required. In what is sometimes called the bloody arithmetic of war, the nuclear bombs reduced the ultimate death toll of World War II dramatically. And as the late historian Paul Fussell, a soldier in the Pacific at the time of Hiroshima later wrote, recalling his thoughts when he learned of the atomic bomb's use, "We were going to live. We were going to grow to adulthood after all." For that we can be grateful.
We will probably hear the usual criticism of President Truman's decision, specially from those who were not alive back then nor have taken the time to study the real options on his desk. In other words, President Truman was not choosing between war and peace but rather war and more war. He also knew that there would be huge casualties on both sides, if he decided to invade Japan.
Today's anniversary reminds us that presidents often face awfully difficult choices. In this case, President Truman made the right decision.
Click to listen to our 2015 show with Barry Jacobsen about President Truman and the decision to drop the two bombs:
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