A burly burlesque comedian, raucous Pigmeat Markham starred in dozens of classic sketches including “Here Come De Judge.” He played the world’s funkiest judge: “The judge is high as a Georgia pine! Everybody’s goin’ to jail today! And to show you I don’t mean nobody no good this morning, I’m givin’ myself six months! And Read More…
Hilton Hotel – Men’s Room I began my academic career as a graduate student in the mid-1960s, long before today’s diversity mania. Nevertheless, the pro-Civil Rights dogma was unassailable. There was an endless parade of uplift programs, and all my classmates and faculty awaited the racial utopia. Moreover, we were all expected to be good Read More…
THE ICES IS MELTING: The Ghosts of Antarctica Will Haunt the End of the World As climate change threatens to upend the icy kingdom, we’re writing ghost stories in real time. Jackson Ryan Sept. 11, 2022 5:00 a.m. PT 11 min read AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a Read More…