“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”
Edmund Burke, speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire (1784)
Archives for November 2020
Just because: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope sell War Bonds
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are seen auctioning off War Bonds at a 1944 golf tournament in a newsreel clip. Also seen is Frank Sinatra:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Almanac: Emerson on the staying power of heroes
“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men