History in the making
"There is properly no history, only biography," Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, which must mean he believed in what used to be called, "The Great Man" theory of history. The Great Man theory held that things change only because an influential man changes them, like Jesus or Henry VIII or Abe Lincoln or Winston Churchill or FDR or Capt. F.A. Full Story
Pennsylvania's entertaining debate and presidential primary
- Editor's note: Tanya Amador-Daigle will be reporting for Florida Weekly on the national primaries until the presidential candidates are chosen this summer. She has a unique perspective on the primaries and the process for choosing a candidate, having traveled the country reporting on primaries and caucuses for the Purple States project. Full Story
MOMENTS IN TIME
• On April 23, 1969, after being convicted in the assassination of politician Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to the death penalty. In 1972, Sirhan's sentence was commuted to life in prison. Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant, continues to make requests for parole, but they have been repeatedly denied. Full Story
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