In 2022, The Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China; Russia invaded Ukraine; Argentina won the World Cup; Benjamin Netanyahu won a third term as Israeli prime minister; King Charles III ascended the British throne; Elon Musk bought Twitter; The cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy; The US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade; CNN+ debuted… Continue reading Class of 2022
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Everything that follows is older than Ed Sheeran: A look back at 1990
In 1990, The first McDonald’s opened in Moscow; Nelson Mandela was released from prison after twenty seven years confinement; Namibia, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia became independent nations; East and West Germany reunified; The Hubble Space Telescope launched; The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases; Iraq invaded Kuwait; Tim Berners-Lee started… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Ed Sheeran: A look back at 1990
Best of the 1970s
Watermelon Man (1970) White salesman Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) wakes up to discover he’s become a black man overnight. His transformation causes problems at work, with the police, and with his neighbors. His seemingly liberal wife (Estelle Parsons) who once chastised him for not caring about the problems faced by black people in America, leaves… Continue reading Best of the 1970s