From Phonograph To Radio And Television 23  Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) is the first president to be captured on audio. The president was recorded after his presidency was over. He was the first president to have electricity at the White House. 22 and 24  Grover Cleveland  (1885-1889, 1893-1897) is the first president to be caught on [...]

It’s Pearl Harbor Once Again! Why is GM failing? Pundits are analyzing the horror as it becomes disentangled. The heartbeat of America is losing its pulse. The whys are not too difficult to size up: bad economic times, skyrocketing gas prices, poor management, poor quality, unions that will not compromise, lack of foresight, poor government [...]

From Analog To Digital It all started with radio. It is said the first radio station was KDKA , in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but some contest this theory. Congress passed The Radio Act of 1927  in order to regulate what was chaos at the time. Television in the 1920′s was experimental. The fall of 1927 is when the [...]

The Worst President In History? “Bush in the Rearview Mirror” was the title to a recent article published in The Washington Post. It is difficult to gaze at such a visual title at this present time in history and not stop to consider the state of the nation. The situation is very critical at the moment, and at [...]

Gas Prices And History

Retail Motor Gasoline Prices Official Energy Statistics From U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Year     Per Gallon 1950     .27 1953     .29 1956     .30 1957     .31 1958     .30 1959     .31 1960     .31 1962     .31 1963     .30 1964     .30 1965     .31 1966     .32 1967     .33 1968     .34 1969     .35 1970     .36 1971     .36 1972     .36 1973     .39 1974     [...]

Russia-Ukraine Relations

Crimea: Connection Between Ukraine And Russia Some Quick Facts: 1. Part Of Russia from 1783. Taken from the Turkic peoples. [Crimea] 2. Handed from Russia to Soviet Ukraine in 1954. [Crimea] 3. Became part of Ukraine in 1991. [Crimea] 4. Sevastopal, a port city, is a very important base for the Russian Navy, called the Black [...]

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