Those were the days when Coca Cola advertisements were painted by hand and featured rosy-cheeked girls and ice cold drops of sweat dripping off the bottle. He would work his paint brush between his father s lines on a sign or a big billboard, filling in outlined letters so they could be seen from far away. His murals invoke the history of the American mural, a history he s personally connected to through those days when he worked for his father, Richard Lake, blocking in letters. At that...

They include an ERA champion who experienced the roughest inning in All-Star history and a diminutive man who had the misfortune of having a terrific pitching performance overshadowed by gale-force winds. Hammaker discounts the notion that the awful inning caused a career decline, but the fact remains he won his next start for the Giants on July 10 and didn't win again that season. Yet Miller had the misfortune of being on the mound when a gust nudged him slightly, causing an infamous balk...

First Amendment first no more: It wasn't long ago that Americans could say almost anything but since those days the First Amendment has been taking a terrific beating, writes Lady Liberty College illiteracy stuns educators: American educators may be stunned that nearly one-third of college students can't extrapolate facts from a complex book but Samuel L. First Amendment first no more: It wasn't long ago that Americans could say almost anything but since those days the First Amendment has...