Socialstudious

Cultural Literacy Leads to Michael Faraday!

Back in 1987, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. wrote a book wtitled Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. The premise of the book there are core things that all Americans should have knowledge of to be culturally literate. Now I’m sure many things that could be added to the book if …

Charles Curtis becomes the First Native American Senator – Jan 23,1907

Needless to say, I haven’t posted at this site for eons! Hopefully, I can start it up again and post on a more regular basis. So let’s begin with an On This Day In History. On January 23, 1907 Charles Curtis, of Kansas, became the first Native American to serve in the …

John Sherrington Gottlieb?? Who Knew!

RGranddad Adds New Cousins from the Gottlieb Family! So the name John Sherrington Ashton has a nice British ring to it, don’t you think! Well, it should my family immigrated from Lincolnshire, England in 1851. But how about the name John Sherrington Gottlieb!! Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it …

Hattie Caraway – First Woman Elected to the US Senate!

On January 12, 1932 – Hattie Caraway became the First Woman Elected to the US Senate!! On this day, January 12th in 1932 Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate!! Caraway was the wife of Arkansas politician Thaddeus Caraway. Her husband was elected to the …

EKK Rants About Missing Art of Compromise!

Reading In Retrospect leads to thoughts about Government and Compromise So I have not ever been a fan of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, The obvious reason, he was Defense Secretary, at the beginning and the height of the war in Vietnam, in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. But …

The Smothers Brothers were dangerously funny!

Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour – David Bianculli As we come to the end of 2015, I now have only two more books to read to reach my lofty goal of 51 books read. Book 49 for the year was Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored …

D.B.Cooper Jumps into History Nov 24,1971

November 24, 1971 – D.B.Cooper Jumps – Todd Snider puts it to Song! In November of 1971, I was 20 years old and entering my sophomore year at the University of Florida. On the 24th of that month…… A hijacker calling himself D.B.Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 …

World Vegan Day and the NYC Marathon – Nov. 1st

World Vegan Day – November 1st! I was all ready to have some Archer Farms Korean Barbecue for lunch, until I went to Wikipedia to see what was happening outside of my world today! What I discovered is that today is World Vegan Day and the start of World Vegan …

Liberal Policies Bad for America! No Way!

America and Americans have been Fleeced by Trickle-down Economics of the Conservative Right – not the Liberal Left! I’m pissed that Republicans and Right-Wing conservatives keep blaming liberals for the conditions of our inner cities and actually America in general. They say that liberal policies have had a negative …

Happy "Juneteenth" and "World Sauntering Day"!!

Good Morning World!! Let’s All Go Sauntering Somewhere Today! Where’s That Oliver Today?? Can you saunter with a stroller?? Today is a special day in the United States particularly within the African-American community where Juneteenth is celebrated!! From Wikipedia: Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is …

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