A professor from UMKC, William K. Black, is featured on Bill Moyers regarding …
The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with Bill Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on [...]
Category > History
Savings and Loan Crisis
Peace and Propaganda
I highly recommend the documentary Peace and Propaganda. It is available in its entirety via Google Video. Also you can download the whole thing. I downloaded it and watched it on my Ipod. It was pretty good quality.
Its been a couple of years since I watched 3 documentaries on the Middle East Conflict. [...]
Catacombs of Rome
Catacombs date back to the 2nd Century AD and stretch over 105 miles. Now documented. BBC News
Early Color Photography
When do you think this color photo was taken? If you had to guess you’d probably be wrong. It was taken in 1909. Here is what the original looked like. I think the original may be even better because you are able to see how the process involved used three different colors. It reveals more [...]
Last Frost Date
One of the most important and elusive pieces of information for starting your garden is knowing when the last frost date is. It is elusive because, of course, it is different every year and is different in every area. Even within a metro area you will find different last frost dates. The date isn’t really [...]
Cliff Drive
Have you ever been to Cliff Drive in North East Kansas City? Apparently it was the place to be back in its day.
Cliff Drive, established in 1900, is the only Missouri scenic byway located in an urban area, passing right through Kansas [...]
Brilliant Geographers @ The Crosstown Station
Today is the big day. For at least two years talk of this election has filled the media. It has pretty much run me dry. I attribute the sparse blog posting to the whole election process. It can really run you down. After today we will hopefully have a clear president elect. (I don’t want [...]
Immigration
This one is for Shim Daddy. I have 32 draft posts but I don’t post them because most of them are rants that will pi$$ people off. I’m good at ranting. But I don’t want this blog to come across that way all of the time hence the reason for not posting them…and hence the [...]
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