Author: Arthur Gilroy

I originally wrote this as a comment on Intrepid Liberal Journal’s fine post Remembering the Trailblazers: Branch Rickey & Jackie Robinson. It grew, and I thought I’d post it by itself as well. Louis Armstrong,...

(This post was inspired by Steven D’s screed about Kathleen Parker’s WAPO attack on Edwards regarding his hair (Breaking: Elizabeth and John Edwards – UPDATE) plus the buzz over the anti-Hillary Clinton 1984...

So here is Butch. In Press Conference/Serve mode. We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants. The initial response by Democrats, unfortunately, shows some appear more interested in...

This was originally written as a comment on the excellent Gore Vidal appreciation Reflections on the legacy of Gore Vidal that recently appeared on the front page of My Left Wing. I have been avidly reading Mr. Vidal since his...

I may as well post this here as a diary. The info is also on a comment I wrote on Booman’s wonderful YouTube post today. I also posted in a slightly different…uhhh, context…on My Left Wing. (You don’t...