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Skip to main content Currently Reading At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman - and he's desperate to get back onstage Geoff Edgers, The Washington Post May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Dick Van Dyke at home in Malibu, Calif. A career that began in the 1940s has been interrupted by the pandemic. "I really miss getting up in front of an audience," he says.Washington Post photo by Marvin JosephShow MoreShow Less 2of3"How in the hell did I get to where I am? How did I get to a Kennedy award? You know, I never trained or did anything. I just enjoyed myself," Dick...

Paid Leave Looks Like Biden’s Next Big Push Edward-Isaac Dovere © Adam Maida / The Atlantic If Colin Allred had been in Washington two weeks ago, he would have gone to the White House for the Congressional Black Caucus’s meeting with the president. Instead, he was in his garage in Dallas, cradling his newborn, pedaling his exercise bike, and occasionally reading briefing memos from his staff on his phone. The representative from Texas was the first member of Congress to take paternity leave, in 2019, when his first son was born. He’s now the second member of Congress t...

The Atlantic Paid Leave Looks Like Biden’s Next Big Push Colin Allred, the first member of Congress to take paternity leave, is ready to fight for paid parental leave for everyone. The White House appears poised to join him. Adam Maida / The Atlantic If Colin Allred had been in Washington two weeks ago, he would have gone to the White House for the Congressional Black Caucus’s meeting with the president. Instead, he was in his garage in Dallas, cradling his newborn, pedaling his exercise bike, and occasionally reading briefing memos from his staff on his phone. The representative from Tex...

“In what is becoming all too common for Congress, the COVID-19 relief bill was dumped on the President’s desk filled with pork spending and pet projects, which significantly reduced the meaningful support that struggling Americans deserve. It is clear President Trump recognized the immense flaws of the bill but was backed into a corner due to Congress running out the clock and sending him an all-or-nothing proposal.” (Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, Dec. 28.) “The bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated . It really is...

Semi new phenomenon with less supervision. >> along came like rock and roll. ♪ >> rock stars like elvis were seen as being terrifyingly sexual. the new dances were all seen as being so sexual. >> so suddenly movies are these voluptous women like marilyn monroe and sex becomes very front and center. >> the role models that they had were vastly different than their parents. >> the beatnicks were really starting to come up, poets, artists, the actors, james dean. >> have you ever been in a drag race? >> are you kidding me? >> so there are a lot of different influences inspiring the younger gene...