Less than a hundred years ago … a married women couldn’t own property, had no legal claim to any money she might earn and no woman in America had the right to vote! According to History.com: “Women were expected to focus on housework and motherhood (presumably in that order) not politics.” Not until the summer of 1920, was the 19th amendment …
The Press as a Sounding Board
Under pressure from an abusive tweet firestorm by Donald Trump: “a horrible and very unfair situation … cannot allow this miscarriage of justice!” The president objected to a stiff sentence for his one-time political consultant Roger Stone recommended by the four prosecutors in the case, all of whom have subsequently quit. The Attorney General went to the press. …
And the Oscar goes to …
the first foreign film to win an Oscar for Best Picture, Parasite! Also, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film Feature. On Sunday, the filmmaker, Bong Joon-Ho tied movie mogul Walt Disney’s record for the most Oscars in one night: four. …
Nostalgia Scored in Super Bowl 2020
Nostalgia for the Old West scored for Frito Lay at the Super Bowl 2020. Lil Nas X met his match in a fast draw dance-off with actor Sam Elliott to the theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. And they handed it off to Billy Ray Cyrus in a cameo. According to Marketing Dive, “this is the …