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Today in labor history, June 17, 1864: Twenty workers are killed and many others seriously injured in an explosion at the U.S. Arsenal in Washington, D.C. The workers were girls and young women, mostly Irish immigrants, making ammunition for the Union Army. The funeral procession, which included President Abraham Lincoln, stretched for more than a mile. A monument was erected in the Congressional Cemetery, where 17 of the workers were buried.
Bob Dylan’s Tribute To Medgar Evers Took On The Big Picture
NPR Staff, npr.orgBob Dylan’s Tribute To Medgar Evers Took On The Big Picture NPR All Things Considered
On this day 50 years ago — June 12, 1963 — Bob Dylan’s career was just taking off when he heard the news that civil rights activist Medgar Evers had been…
http://flip.it/9DVvH A link to Bob Dylan’s “Only A Pawn In Their Game” performance at the 1963 Newport Festival.
Doughnut Day
Sky Dylan-Robbins, newyorker.comThe doughnut, in its rotund, glazed glory, is a recent trend in American sweets (farewell, twee cupcake), but it has a history as ample as its calorie count. Today, we celebrate the seventy-sixth-annual National Doughnut Day.It’s commonly held tha…
Today in labor history, June 9, 1865: Librarian, trade union activist, and writer Helen Marot is born in Philadelphia. Marot’s work investigating child labor in New York led to the enactment of the state’s 1903 Compulsory Education Act. She served as executive secretary of the New York Women’s Trade Union League and was an advocate for children and women workers throughout her life.
Joe Biden responds to second-grader with personal, handwritten note.
“People love chocolate.” Fits on a bumper-sticker.
Letterman's Top Ten Tribute to Teachers Needs More than Teach for America
DIANE RAVITCH’S BLOGWhy Did David Letterman Invite Only TFA for Teacher Appreciation Week?
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This teacher noticed with chagrin that David Letterman invited ten Teach for America teachers to deliver his top ten reasons for Teacher Appreciation week. Somewhat in Letterman’s defense, I have to say that the top ten reasons, which were mostly sardonic and cynical, did not reflect much credit on teachers or on the kids who delivered the lines.
I conclude that David Letterman saw no reason to express appreciation for teachers.
Our elites have gone bonkers. How else can you explain their fascination with young college graduates who agree to teach for only two years as the very best way to improve education? Their “sacrifice” is only temporary; soon they will be in graduate school or law school or working for Goldman Sachs, leaving behind their measly teacher pay.
How would our elites (talking to you, Charlie Rose, and to you, editorial boards and corporate chieftains) feel about handing foreign policy over to the recruits in the Peace Corps instead of the seasoned diplomats in the Foreign Service? The kids are alright, but why are they celebrated instead of celebrating the three million plus women and men who make a career of teaching?
Prominent Twin Cities concert promoter Sue McLean passes away
Sue McLean, a high-profile concert promoter in the Twin Cities and the largest independent female promoter in the world, passed away today from cancer. She was 63. McLean had a 30-plus year career promoting concerts in Minnesota, starting with…
A man and his dog. Louie and Brenden.
There’s a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we’d be arrested for it. - Mike “Mike D” Diamond
1985 interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio
Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
Watch the animated version for our new series with PBS:
http://bit.ly/12QYpNN
In the 1940’s my parents had a dog named Butch (pictured with my oldest brother Pat about 1943). In 1943 they volunteered Butch to the Armed Forces, stationed at Herbert Smith Airport in Macon, Georgia.
While helping my 97 year old mother move recently, I came across Butch’s Honorable Discharge papers, dated April 4, 1944.
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