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  • Cuba Marks Two 60th Anniversaries

    Title image taken on April 19, 1961, shows the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces supported by T-34 tanks in counterattack against CIA-trained mercenary troops near Playa Girón during the Bay of Pigs invasion. (Photo: Rumlin) 1. The Bay of Pigs Invasion This past week marked 60 years since a decisive battle took place in Cuba that…

  • The Proven Power of Labor

    I recently stumbled upon some videos on YouTube so timely and important I decided to share them here. They present compelling lessons about power of labor, something that might strike some as an oxymoron. Labor? Powerful? Just under 11% of workers in the United States today are unionized, down from a peak of almost 35%…

  • Afternoon by the Lagoon

    David suggested we drive over today to Wade Oval and the Wade Lagoon by the Cleveland Museum of Art. It’s a beautiful spot in Cleveland’s University Circle that I have visited many times during and since my childhood.. The weather today was sunny and reasonably warm in the upper 50s (maybe even lower 60s). A…

  • Acts of Kindness & Love

    These are challenging and unprecedented times. 2020 was an epic year of pandemic, deaths, lockdowns, lay-offs, shortages and a divisive election. 2021 opened with a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol. People are stressed out and anxious as restrictions persist while we slog through a lengthy process of vaccinations to reach herd immunity. Last month…

  • Hal Holbrook’s ‘That Certain Summer’

    Hal Holbrook passed away on January 23 [just made public today] at age 95. He was one of my favorites, a giant of an actor who portrayed roles that will be remembered forever. Most notable was his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight which he played for six decades on Broadway and around the country. He…

  • So Much Drama, So Little Change. Time for a Labor Party

    A violent mob invades the U.S. Capitol leaving people dead and wounded. The House votes an historic second impeachment. A raucous, divisive presidency ends. Pandemic deaths reach 400,000 while vaccinations sputter. 27.5 million have no health insurance. 12.6 million are unemployed, with millions more bureaucratically excluded from this official count. Over half a million are…

  • Merry Christmas!

    To all who celebrate, Merry Christmas! from our house to yours. This is a season of many traditions and we wish health, happiness and all the best to everyone. In this “unique” year we can’t have any guests over, so instead join me here for a virtual visit to the Laycock-Lansaw household. One note… I…

  • Fond Memories of Higbee’s & Christmas in Cleveland

    NOTE: I find it interesting that of all the posts on my blog, over 150, this post gets the most hits — by far! Apparently this subject is a favorite. Enjoy! And leave a comment or remembrance at the end. A few days ago I shared a picture on Facebook of the old Higbee’s Department…

  • Ryan Phillippe’s Groundbreaking Gay Role

    I was interested today to see an article in the Advocate about actor Ryan Phillippe. He describes in the article how his religious parents shunned him back in 1992 when he played a struggling gay teenager, Billy Douglas, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live (“OLTL”). I remember it well! It was…