SUNDAY ESSAY: The Crying Game and the Big Lie
In 1992, a film about gender found a way to present virtue without pretending gender is a construct … More SUNDAY ESSAY: The Crying Game and the Big Lie
Tom Roush is a part-time writer and a full-time sales person at Data Gumbo. He's written for several publications including 'Written By.' the magazine of the Writer's Guild of America, many newspapers, Click2Houston, and he co-wrote a script that became the movie 'Purpose' starring Mia Farrow and Jeffrey Donovan. Currently, he covers combat sports in the Houston area and has published a book of stories about men called "Loners."
In 1992, a film about gender found a way to present virtue without pretending gender is a construct … More SUNDAY ESSAY: The Crying Game and the Big Lie
Chairman Mao killed more people that Stalin or Hitler, but he is not a figure of revulsion in China. … More ON THIS DAY: Mao Dies
Read the critical cases yourself. Understand both sides. It is your duty as a citizen. … More Reading Dobbs
Just weeks after the moon landings, the culture dominance of the Boomers was made evident at a muddy field in upstate New York. … More ON THIS DAY: Woodstock Begins
An inexplicable series of murders revealed a cult of killers in the long summer of 1969… … More ON THIS DAY: Manson Family Murders
Nixon resigns, and thus, the tragic fate of South Vietnam was sealed. A new era of venomous politics begins. … More ON THIS DAY: Nixon Resigns from the Presidency
The USS Indianapolis shark story is part legend, but also mostly true. … More ON THIS DAY: The USS Indianapolis sunk
The achievement of the Americans who reached the moon will stand for all time as a monument to human ingenuity. … More ON THIS DAY: Humans Reach The Moon
The Trinity bomb test proved that nuclear bombs would work, and they were deployed against an enemy just a few short weeks later. … More ON THIS DAY: First Nuclear Explosion Called Trinity
July 4 is the day we celebrate the founding of the United States, and for good reason. … More ON THIS DAY: America Declares Independence From Monarchal Rule