James Earl Carter Jr. aka Jimmy is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977-81.
On this President's Day, there is sad news that former President Jimmy Carter is now in hospice care. I remember meeting him in college in Florida when he was still a long-shot presidential candidate. Later as a young reporter, I covered him as President and during his visit to Walt Disney World,
Modern U.S. presidents such as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Ronald Reagan rank near the top of the best leaders in American history, while GOP Donald Trump is at the bottom, according to the latest survey of presidential historians.
https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall
It will be forever known as the Newburg Address. President Washington gave an emotional speech to his officers on March 15, 1783.
I've been involved in a series of FOIA requests with local and federal government entities. My best advice is to KISS them.
In any and every chosen case of FOIA aka Freedom of Information Act Communication: Keep it Simple, Stupid!
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America.
The Mississippi is second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. Watch the incredible time-lapse video of the $1.2 billion I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project as it rises up out of the Mississippi River.
EarthCam captured over a million images of the 8-lane bridge, which sees over 80,000 vehicles cross it daily via I-74, and spans from Bettendorf, IA to Moline, IL.
New Jersey Governor Phillip D Murphy knocks Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and expands African American studies.
In expanding the course, which Florida recently banned, New Jersey entered a conflict over how schools should address race and racism in classrooms. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/nyregion/nj-ap-african-american-stud…
According to NY Times published reports
Raquel Welch’s celebrity in the 1970s was colossal and it’s a pity that no filmmaker could quite bring it out of her sex appeal.
She first burst on the scene in 1966 looking like a million bucks in the film One Million Years B.C. Jo Raquel Welch was an American actress. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage, after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C.
The Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York has closed 12 Catholic schools. Four will merge into two.
Extensive broader community research, detailed studies, and careful deliberation and analysis went into the final determination of which schools would not reopen. Unfortunately, due to lower enrollment and shifting demographics.
Flaco is a nickname for how people see you, especially in prison, or in a zoo. You've got your shorty, flaco or skinny in Spanish.
This jailbird is now free and doing fine by me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfCcd6qYVQ
Flaco the Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl Remains At Large and Is Now Hunting for Food in N.Y.C.
How did America get so violent? This US social and criminal problem is something harrowingly urgent and immediate that must end.
Unfortunately, today we all live near America’s infamous killing fields. According to Gun Violence Archive, there are too many mass shootings in America https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting