iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

1972

George McGovern And The Star-Studded, Wild Campaign Of 1972

Michele Willens | Posted 12.23.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Ben Gazzara, Warren Beatty, Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon, Barbra Streisand, 1972 Election, 1972, Jon Voight, Candice Bergen, George Mcgovern, Fifty News
Michele Willens

I recall three days traveling the state with McGovern's daughter, (who would later die tragically in the snow), Jon Voight, (times have changed) Candy Bergen, Ben Gazzara and a few others. I have never had so much fun and for all the right reasons.

Read Whole Story

Meet The Women Behind Watergate

BBC | Posted 06.21.2012 | Women
Read More: Judy Hoback Miller, Women of Watergate, Watergate Scandal, Watergate, 1972, Richard Nixon, Debbie Sloan, Nixon, Women News

The year 1972 was a defining year in American history but also a pivotal one for American women - with changes in the nation as a whole reflected in t...

Read Whole Story

Jagger, by Marc Spitz

J. Michael Welton | Posted 11.29.2011 | Books
Read More: 1968, Tariq Ali, Mick Jagger, Carly Simon, Penquin Books, 1971, 1972, Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, London, Marshall Chess, Books News
J. Michael Welton

Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue is book that tells its story in a series of interludes, which makes perfect sense for readers who see the world as a procession of snapshots.

Read Whole Story

After More Than 40 Years On The Run, Fugitive Behind 1972 Airplane Hijacking Caught In Portugal

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.27.2011 | Crime
Read More: Black Liberation Army, Hijacker, George Wright Caught, Most Wanted, Fbi, Black Panther, Video, George Wright Arrested, Leesburg, George Wright, Cold Case, Hijacking, Fugitive, 1972, Portugal, Delta Airlines, Crime News

NEWARK, N.J. — A 1970s militant who escaped from a murder sentence in New Jersey and carried out one of the most brazen hijackings in U.S. histo...

Read Whole Story

Endangered 1972 NYC Public Mural Could Be Restored

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 11.19.2011 | New York
Read More: Public Art, Arnold Belkin, Street Art, NY Around Town, Mural, 1972, New York News

NEW YORK -- The mural on the side of the building is no longer so vibrant. Its oranges, rust-reds and heavenly blues have dimmed and splotches of dead...

Read Whole Story

Opening for The New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center, December 19th, 1972

Binky Philips | Posted 10.21.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: New York Rock, The New York Dolls, Kiss, Mercer Arts Center, Cbgb, The Planets, David Bowie, 1972, Binky Philips, Rolling Stones, Max's Kansas City, Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Entertainment News
Binky Philips

The New York Dolls were the pebble thrown in the pond. They sank to the bottom having caused hundreds of ripples.

Read Whole Story

Memo to Daily Beast's Peter Beinart: Sarah Palin is No George McGovern

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Peter Beinart, Richard Nixon, 1972, Daily Beast, David Broder, Sarah Palin, George Mcgovern, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Over at the Daily Beast, Peter Beinart is usually on the mark, but his latest missive--Palin is the New McGovern--not only misses the boat, but unfair...

Read Whole Story

How Judith Viorst Fed My Ego

Cari Shane | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Alexander and the Terrible, Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Wonderful, Children, Books, Very Bad Day, Motherhood, Marvelous, Parenting, No Good, Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, Alexander Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move, Children's Books, Excellent, 1972, Terrific Ninety Days, Horrible, Healthy Living News
Cari Shane

An ego boost for parents everywhere, Viorst's declaration, "It was easier to raise children when I was raising children," stemmed from her three month study of the crew she lovingly calls, "The Alexander Five."

Read Whole Story

Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Boeing, Tim Russert, Cindy McCain, Nuremburg, Pow, Fisa, Immunity, Campaign, Telecom, Contract, 2008, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Greenwald, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Tax Return, Airbus, Amnesty, Nbc, Democrat, 08, Air Force, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Martin Luther King, Mddotw, Gotcha, Tanker, Wiretapping, 60 Minutes, Warrantless, Russ Feingold, Thomas Eagleton, Cia, Clayton Williams, Jobs, Media, Bush, Republican, Vietnam, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Waterboard, Keating Five, War Crime, Hanoi Hilton, Keating, John McCain, Mental Health, Military Record, Rape, Mlk, Prisoner of War, 2008 Elections, War Criminal, Scandal, 2008 Election, Lobbyist, Meet the Press, Northrop Grumman, Prisoner, 08 Campaign, Steny Hoyer, 2008 Presidential Race, Telecommunications, 1972, Al-Libi, Form 180, Torture, sf180, Media News
Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

Read Whole Story

Clinton Camp Hammers Obama Over Popular Vote, Raises Specter Of McGovern

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Howard Wolfson, Barack Obama, 1972, Popular Vote Argument, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Politico's Mike Allen reports that the Clinton campaign continues to hammer the argument over Clinton's alleged popular vote lead: Howard Wolfson tel...

Read Whole Story