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A favorite hobby over at the New York Times is creating outrage about things on the Left so they can go "Look! Both sides!" And, well, here we are again! In the last four days, the New York Times has published not one but two pieces about the ACLU allegedly abandoning its free speech bonafides. On S...

Looking backward

On This Day: Alan Shepard is 1st American in space On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard became the United States first man in space in a brief sub-orbital flight from Cape Canaveral. By (0) President Nixon honored the Apollo 14 Astronauts with a White House dinner on March 1, 1971, and presented them with NASAs distinguished Service Medal. Astronaut Alan Shepard (L), after receiving his medal, jokes wth the president, causing Nixon to cover his face with laughter. On May 5, 1961, Shepard be...

Leni Sinclair Author, left, along with Deana Clamage and Leon Linderman, looking out windows of the Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam broken by Breakthrough, a right-wing, violent group. Circa 1966. Peter Werbe is a longtime Detroit political activist, a retired WRIF talk show host, and member of the Fifth Estate magazine editorial group. His new book,...

Robert Azzi: I was once you: Today, I’m the Other Published: 3/7/2021 11:00:15 AM It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Confederate flag flown from the back of a pickup truck. The last time it happened I managed to drive up alongside the F-150 – we were on a multi-lane state highway – long enough to see the driver had a young boy with him. I’m assuming it was his son. His presence moved me more than the flag offended me – that the boy was learning such hate from his father appeared...