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Americana: Tailgating
Long gone are the days when tailgating was limited to fried chicken and potato salad. Go to a ballgame today and you’ll see exclusive...
Read MoreFood: Brunswick Stew
Sorry, Brunswick County, NC – you’re too late getting in this argument. Looks like Brunswick, GA and Brunswick County, VA are...
Read MoreActor: Robert De Niro
“You talkin’ to me?” No, Bobby, I was just doing today’s… “You talkin’ to me?”...
Read MorePerson: Rosa Parks
She worked her shift as a seamstress, a day like any other in a job that didn’t change much. She took her seat on the city bus, no...
Read MoreSports: "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
It’s a shame that so many of you will see this name, and not recognize perhaps the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. No...
Read MoreAmericana: Miniature Golf
Somehow I managed to wait a week after returning from Myrtle Beach to honor miniature golf as a Great American Thing. I waited in sympathy...
Read MoreAmericana: Bald Eagle
Can we all take a moment and be grateful that, for all his contributions to our nation’s founding, Ben Franklin didn’t get his...
Read MoreTV Show: Star Trek
“To boldly go where no man has gone before.” First, Star Trek split the infinitive. Then they split open the entertainment...
Read MoreFilm: The Verdict
Movie fans, and Paul Newman fans in particular, can debate his most outstanding role. For me, it’s his portrayal of recovering...
Read MoreSinger: James Brown
James Brown closed his act as no one before or since. He’d give so much of himself, work himself so hard, that he appeared to finally...
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