“I couldn’t afford the cast that I wanted, so I employed a whole bunch of National Front — extreme rightists who all had their heads shaved and tend not to have a job.” The story behind the 1984 ad that changed Super Bowl commercials: www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/a...
“Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team” www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1... A year before she disappeared, she was the first woman to address the Brigade of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
Of the thousands of documents in the Rickover files, this one I thought to be one of the most significant. Rickover shows a different side, particularly since he nearly always signed his name "H.G. Rickover." #RickoverUncensored
-Air Force Academy grad -major: Astrophysics -Truman Scholar -civilian pilot’s license @ 16 -selected f/ Air Force pilot training -founded org f/ cancer research -enrolled Harvard Kennedy School of Govt -studying how to detect pancreatic cancer w/ help of AI -Miss America …all this by age of 22
For pepper, yes. Run Island for nutmeg. Others as well to provide context for the semester
For discussion in tomorrow’s naval history class about the role of navies, commerce, and maritime conflicts over strategic resources.
"The Houthis do not operate a single warship, yet they are paralyzing shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden." Today's must-read www.lawfaremedia.org/article/atta...
Some dreams never die… “Quebec Still Longs for Its Lost Hockey Team, a Nationalist Symbol” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/w...
