SHOW NOTES: Sources: Richard Gere presenting at the 1993 Oscars “Kubrick is Keeping Mouth Shut on Eyes” by David Gritten, LA Times April 21, 1996 “Enigmatic Kubrick Plays the Phantom Director” by Richard Brooks, The Observer November 17, 1996 “Genius […]
References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has “In God We Trust” printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible. Christian nationalists want more. Christian nationalist beliefs
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To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer Bill Pickett clung to the horns of a massive Mexican bull ironically named Frijoles Chiquitos (“Little Beans”). Watching from a
The ship the SS Great Eastern in 1858. Early Life and Education Brunel was born on the 9th of April, 1806, in Portsmouth, England, to a French father, Marc Isambard Brunel, and an English mother, Sophia Kingdom. Marc Brunel was
I’m not sleeping and neither are you. Illustration by The Atlantic November 4, 2024, 4:46 PM ET A twist in the guts, a shift in the tide,there are cartons of eggs getting broken worldwide. I’m not sleeping and neither are you.Boo-hoo.In
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The wreck was like a bug on the wall, a jumbly shape splayed on the abyssal plain. It was noticed by a team of autonomous-underwater-vehicle operators on board a subsea exploration vessel, working at an undisclosed location in the Atlantic
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Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above) by special artist Edwin Forbes, which Forbes labeled as “William J. Jackson, Sergt. Maj. 12th N.Y. Vol.—Sketched at Stoneman’s Switch,
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Quincy Jones at an awards ceremony in 2014. Sascha Steinbach / Getty Images The cultural influence and importance of Quincy Delight Jones Jr. cannot be overstated. As one of the most significant artists in any discipline of the last century,
In 2016 I designed a t-shirt for some history friends and it was a hit. Over time, I added more designs and more types of products based on what I liked and was proud to offer. Nearly everything you see
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October 4, 2024 by Dr. Robert Walker 2024 Ellen and Charles Steinmetz Endowment for Archaeology recipient, Dr. Robert Walker, provides an update on his field work. Geoglyphs are massive earthworks constructed with ditches and mounds to create geometric shapes often
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