September 6, 1901: President William McKinley Is Shot by an Anarchist in Buffalo September 6, 1901: President William McKinley Is Shot by an Anarchist in Buffalo
“The anarchist…proved that the most powerful ruler on earth, though styled a republican and chosen by universal suffrage, was no more exempt than any crowned head from the peril of...
Sep 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
September 5, 1972: Israeli Athletes Murdered at the Munich Olympics September 5, 1972: Israeli Athletes Murdered at the Munich Olympics
“The terrorists have said they are in a ‘state of war’ with Israel and the government of Israel sees no reason to dispute that contention or withhold from retaliation in kind.”
Sep 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
September 4, 1958: Arkansas Governor Calls Out the National Guard to Prevent Public School Integration September 4, 1958: Arkansas Governor Calls Out the National Guard to Prevent Public School Integration
“State defiance of federal authority may not be tolerated. This would no longer be state sovereignty but state anarchy.”
Sep 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies
“One important function of good art or entertainment is to unite and illuminate the heart and the mind…. Bad art and entertainment misinform and disunite them.”
Sep 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
September 2, 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien Dies September 2, 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien Dies
“One is puzzled to know why the author should have supposed he was writing for adults.… There is little in The Lord of the Rings over the head of a seven-year-old child.”
Sep 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
September 1, 1939: Germany Invades Poland, Beginning World War II September 1, 1939: Germany Invades Poland, Beginning World War II
“Democracy—even that 'pluto-democracy' derided by Hitler—must be defended against a despotism that would crush all attempts to make democracy real.”
Sep 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
August 31, 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, Dies in a Car Crash in Paris August 31, 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, Dies in a Car Crash in Paris
“She ended up symbolizing a new set of values: self-invention, psychotherapy, emotional expressivity, egalitarian marriage and women’s right to seek love in and out of wedlock, fla...
Aug 31, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
August 30, 1944: Molly Ivins Is Born August 30, 1944: Molly Ivins Is Born
“Molly’s writing reminds us that dissent is what rescues the democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors, that republican self-government, properly understood, is an uproar an...
Aug 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast
“Faith-based disaster relief is no substitute for an effective, organized, rapid government response.”
Aug 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
August 28, 1963: The March on Washington August 28, 1963: The March on Washington
“After the civil-rights issue has been won, as it will be—that is, after all legally sanctioned forms of Jim Crow discrimination have been removed—what then?”
Aug 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner