December 7th
Posted by Peter W. Schramm
I’m in Washington and it’s cold and clear. I have been reading Robert J. Norrell’s Up From History: A Life of Booker T. Washington (which is to be published in January) with a review in mind, then stepped out for a coffee and a Jose Marti Dominican. The half-dozen huddled in the cold were talking about Pearl and the Day of Infamy. Here is FDR’s speech to Congress on the 8th.
10:34 AM / December 7, 2008
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I somehow very appropriately managed to finish Jim Sheeler's Final Salute this morning. It should be required reading for everyone (especially on this day).