I always knew the land I regularly walk was a piece of America's past, but it's not just any past – it's a tale woven with adventure, grit, and the birth of a new identity. This stretch of earth, once part of the original Oklahoma Land Run, carries within it…
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Disgusted by the happenings in Washington and on Wall Street? Absolute power corrupts – absolutely. Still true. A curious character in the 1991 cult film Slacker called the Old Anarchist had some parting words for a misguided would-be thief. The character was played by Louis Mackey (1926-2004), a well-known Professor…
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Downtown Dallas. The year is 1963. Across the street from the Hotel Adolphus and upstairs from a delicatessen – it is the famously infamous Carousel Club. Jack Ruby is your host for the evening and the furthest thing from his mind is killing the assassin of a U.S. President. Jack’s…
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Launched in 1935 by Eastman Kodak, Kodachrome would soon become a very successful product for its maker. Kodachrome is a type of film that is called “color reversal film,” which is a photographic film that would produce a positive image on a transparent base. The end product of this process…
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Besides being a 1989 song from the New York City band Living Colour, a cult of personality is a particularly pervasive political tactic most often used by political regimes that are totalitarian or socialist in nature. The regimes are in the business of altering and transforming a society according to…
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True music fans will appreciate these rare Beatles photographs. And, if you can’t tell, this photo shoot set the norm for the now hackneyed obligatory band picture. This type of photograph has been repeated by every band since and then some. Some interesting facts about this particular collection of early…
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Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. The first known fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before it spread to other European countries. Facism is opposed to liberalism, Marxism, and anarchism. Here’s how to tell if you are…
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Punk is a subculture that originated in the mid 1970s in America, Australia and the United Kingdom. Punk embraces a wide base of ideologies and various forms of individual expression that envelopes art, film, fashion and dance. Punk emerged from the punk rock music movement of the same period wherein…
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Central Planning (or, Economic Planning) refers to a coordinating mechanism outside the mechanisms of the free market. There are various types of planning procedures and different ways of conducting central planning. Central planning is a coordinating mechanism for socialism and is an alternative to the free market system. Central planning…
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