Today's front page of the Tallahassee newspaper took my breath away. It made me think about Florida's last statewide election recount 18 years ago when its botched presidential race led to the series of legal cases known to history as Bush v. Gore. So I pulled out some photos from the Florida Supreme Court archives. … Continue reading Florida Recount 2018
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Sometimes songs from decades ago capture memories of past events better than anything else. -- Even when the lyrics have little connection with what actually happened at the time. For me, the most memorable was Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I first heard this song at one of the most pivotal … Continue reading The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald


