The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale didn’t exist in 1935. But if it had, the storm that devastated the Florida Keys 70 years ago would have earned a Category 5 designation. The Labor Day Hurricane killed hundreds and was the most powerful hurricane on record ever to make landfall in the United States. Author Phil Scott...
Lots of little anecdotes were bogus. The story goes that Brian Epstein (the group’s manager) first heard about the Beatles inadvertently from folk hero Raymond James. Legend had it that James met Epstein in a record store and asked for a copy of “My Bonnie,” one of the early Beatle records. In fact, Epstein...
Law schools fight the military over gay rights
When they look around at Ivy-bound classmates with perfect 4.0s, students with respectable but less than stellar grades sometimes assume that their only choice will be an open-door State U. But that common misperception drives college counselors nuts. Students with B averages, they say, stand a good chance of getting into a wide range...
The Supreme Court had tough questions earlier this week for law schools seeking to ban military recruiters because the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays conflicts with their campus nondiscrimination rules.