Jimmy Breslin died today. He wrote A Death in Emergency Room One, one of the finest pieces of journalism perhaps ever written. I read it for the first time ages ago, and it is just as powerful still. If you’ve never read it, take a few minutes and consume this timeless article on the events that occurred on November 22, 1963.
Posts tagged “News”
#FridayFive: Great Podcasts
In which I recommend more podcasts
#FridayFive: News on Twitter
Reliable sources
Outsiders Hope for Jobs in Trump Administration
In which I am interviewed by Marketplace on NPR
Works Progress Administration
The WPA changed America forever.
#FridayFive: Podcasts
In which I recommend some podcasts
What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunates from other countries, and though this may seem a generous gesture on our part, we have profited a thousandfold by what they have brought us.
Eleanor Roosevelt – 1939