We’ve got a rat problem. No, it’s not the one from the Trump Administration who recently posted an anonymous hit piece in the New York Times. Ours are the not-so-cute brown furry things that were featured in the movie “Ratatouille.”
“Sense and Sensibility” – a novel penned by Jane Austen and published in 1811 – was originally put on the market anonymously; “By A Lady,” instead of Austen’s name, appeared on the title page. It’s the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16 1/2) coming of age.
Way back in 1959 there was a popular uprising in Cuba against a ruthless and corrupt dictator named Fulgencio Batista, who had maintained power with the backing of the U.S. Government.
A new reform movement was born in Long Beach last Sunday. The organizers announced themselves as the Long Beach Reform Coalition (LBRC). Most of the players are not new.
Over the past dozen years or so I’ve issued a financial newsletter – monthly for the first decade, titled “On the Money Trail,” and weekly these last few years under the title “Straight Talk from Al Jacobs.” My intent is to pass on to my readers the info I’ve picked up over the decades on the sub
“The Glass Menagerie” premiered in Chicago in 1944 and won the 1945 New York Drama Critics Circle Award as Best Play – catapulting playwright Tennessee Williams to international attention as a dramatist.
