Today’s Quotes: The New Year
"Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true." --…
Don’t Spin the Civil War
Written by E.J. Dionne Jr. for The Washington Post The Civil War is about to loom very large in the popular memory. We would do well to be candid about…
What Do the “M”s in “M&Ms” Stand For? And Who is the “Tootsie” in a Tootsie Roll?
Author not attributed. From Dictionary.com Still slogging through your kids' excess Halloween stash? You've probably begun to wonder what the names on many of those wrappers mean. Here's the meaning…
Emperor Christie Fiddles at Disney World While New Jerseyans Burn
Clueless Christie's Katrina Moment and Palin Takes a Dive "Hanging out with Mickey Mouse while backs all over New Jersey ache under the strain of shoveling two feet of snow…
The Tattlesnake – East Coast Blizzard Buries Snow-Job Political Futures Edition
Your Tattler remembers well the Chicago blizzard of 1979 that buried the city under several feet of the stuff, along with the political future of Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic. Days…