john palmer

In writing this column each week, I'm always amused by the ways in which stories from 40 years ago mirror current events. In the first iteration of "Blast from the Past," I wrote about how history repeats itself. Little did I know how true that would be as I explored the archives of The Daily Evening Item each week. All of that is to say that when I came upon the headline … [Read more...] about Back in Time to Sept. 8, 1983