Wednesday, January 21, 2009

  
[1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War leader of Green Mountain Boys, born in Litchfield, Connecticut]

[1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)]

[1922 - Paul Scofield, Academy and Tony award-winning actor,
born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, UK]

[1922 - Telly (Aristotle) Savalas, Emmy Award-winning
actor, born in Garden City, New York]

[1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies]

[1924 - Benny (Alfred Hawthorne) Hill, comedian,
born in Southampton, England]

[1939 - Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith),
disc jockey, born in Brooklyn]

[1976 - Concorde SST aircraft begins regular commercial service]

Under New Management

No one who observed the historic events of yesterday can doubt that our nation is headed in a new direction. We can only hope that the ship of state, with the new captain on the bridge, will come about onto a new course away from the rocks and shoals that loomed just ahead.

Much has been made of the election of the first African-American to the Presidency of the United States of America. While the symbolic and cultural importance of that event cannot be denied, it is really not so surprising. The genetic evidence now suggests that the male DNA of the human race can be traced to a single individual who lived in the Horn of Africa tens of thousands of years ago. If one believes more in science than theology when it comes to the origin of our species, all the current human inhabitants of the world are African, and all the citizens of this great nation are African-American.

William's Whimsical Words:

Yes we did; now we must.

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