2008-08-21
US Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones dies at age 58
United States congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, representing Cleveland, Ohio died on August 20, 2008 following a brain aneurysm.
Jones was observed by police driving erratically on the evening of August 19, 2008. When police approached her car, they found her unresponsive. She was rushed to Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, where she remained overnight. She never [...]
2008-07-14
Tony Snow: A Gentleman and Conservative Warrior
This past year has been a saddening one for many conservatives, who lost William F. Buckley, Jr. in February and then United States Senator Jesse Helms earlier this month, on Independence Day. The former was, in many respects, the founder of modern conservatism and its most articulate voice for over four decades. The latter was [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Media, Passing, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 11:20 am | 16 views2008-07-05
Compassionate release for Susan Atkins-Whitehouse?
Susan Atkins is a murderer notorious for her participation in the cruel slayings committed at the Sharon Tate residence on August 6, 1969.
She has been in prison almost four decades. Her name is Susan Atkins-Whitehouse because she is married to attorney James Whitehouse.
Atkins-Whitehouse is dying from an inoperable brain tumor. She is bedridden, partially [...]
2008-06-14
Tim Russert and Fatherhood: A Father’s Day Tribute
Tim Russert, internationally respected political analyst and moderator of NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press,’ died unexpectedly and prematurely at age 58 on Friday the thirteenth of June 2008 — the day preceding the Father’s Day weekend — at work. Russert likely best will be remembered as the longest-running host of one of television’s most intensely [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Current Events, Fatherhood, OP/ED, Passing, Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 2:20 pm | 19 views2008-06-13
Tim Russert, NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator dies at age 58
NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of Meet the Press Tim Russert has died after a sudden heart attack at NBC’s Washington news bureau. He was recording voiceovers for Meet the Press when he collapsed. Russert and his family had recently returned from Italy after celebrating his son Luke’s graduation from Boston College.
Russert [...]
