Sunday, December 23, 1990

A Christmas tree story from Communist Romania

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( My new American Thinker post ) It was Christmas week 1989, and the old Soviet bloc was falling apart and undergoing a birth of freedo...
Sunday, August 05, 1990

1990: Joe Morgan & Jim Palmer go into The Hall of Fame

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Jim Palmer, who won 268 games with the Orioles, and Joe Morgan, who won back to back MVP's with the Reds, were selected for the Bas...
Wednesday, January 11, 1989

Friday's video: We remember President Reagan's farewell speech 1989

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Friday's video:    We remember President Reagan's farewell speech 1989 Reagan farewell speech 1989: https://t.co/xNuN...
Monday, January 09, 1989

1989: Bench and Yaz went into The Hall of Fame

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Johnny Bench, perhaps the greatest catcher ever, and Carl Yastrzemski, who had 3,419 career hits, went into The Hall of Fame on this...
Wednesday, December 21, 1988

1988 and Pan Am 103

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What a horrible day.    Pan Am 103 was blown up over Scotland on this day in 1988 .   It was a London to New York flight. All 2...
Monday, August 08, 1988

August 8, 1988: Lights at Wrigley Field

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As I recall, the game was rained out but the lights went on before the summer showers came.   It all started  at 6:05 pm when 91-y...
Friday, March 18, 1988

The Big Sky (1952) is a good western

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Want to watch a good movie?   Try "The Big Sky", a western from 1952, starring Kirk Douglas and others that I did not recogniz...
Monday, June 22, 1987

1987: Tom Seaver retired from baseball

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Tom Seaver broke with the Mets in 1967 at 22.     Along with Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan, he was part of the team's young pitchi...
Wednesday, December 24, 1986

December 1968, Christmas Eve and Apollo 8

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My father died in 2015 or a few Decembers ago.  I always remember him on certain anniversaries, such as Apollo 8. On Christmas Eve 196...
Tuesday, March 18, 1986

1959: "Face of a Fugitive" with Fred MacMurray

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Do you always think of "My 3 sons" when you see Fred MacMurray?   Well, I do.   By the way, where is Uncle Charlie? Before that fa...