I’ll always be grateful to my Grade 7 teacher, Mr. (Tom) O’Hanley, for turning me and my classmates on to the brilliance of Tom Lehrer. The New York City native passed away Saturday in Connecticut at 97. His earthly exit will get a fraction of the attention that came earlier this week with the death
This Wednesday, November 22nd marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Sixty is a big number, moving the motorcade murder well beyond the first-hand memory range of most people on earth. I was just six at the time, but I sure remember it. I can still see the teacher