The inevitablity of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal in 1995
Former professional football star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in October 1995 of murder in the slayings of his former wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman — dramatic verdicts that … Continue reading
Recalling the ’95 case against lecherous Bob Packwood, whom Biden praised
The bumbling vice president, Joe Biden, demonstrated anew yesterday his hazy understanding of recent history by praising Bob Packwood, a lecherous former U.S. senator, in speech to the Women’s Leadership … Continue reading
So. Africa case like the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995? Only marginally
The highly publicized trial in South Africa of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics star sprinter acquitted this week of murder but convicted of culpable homicide, often has been likened to the … Continue reading
Hype and hoopla in a watershed year: Launching Windows 95
It’s hard to think of 1995 as a turbulent or troubled time. Not when Seinfeld and Friends were among the year’s most-watched TV shows. Not when Mars Inc. ran a … Continue reading
Lesson misunderstood: NATO’s 1995 bombing in Bosnia
The belated but decisive intervention to end the war in Bosnia in 1995 is typically recalled as a U.S. foreign policy success, as the first notable international achievement of the … Continue reading
How important was Netscape?
Technologist Brendan Eich, the developer of JavaScript programming language and a founder of the Mozilla Foundation, asserted in a blog post the other day that Netscape “changed history” — and … Continue reading
Recalling the ‘coolness’ of the early Web
Debate flares from time to time about just what the World Wide Web was really like in the mid-1990s, a pivotal time when Internet-awareness became a reality. Is it best … Continue reading
Talking 1995
I was on WMJI’s Morning Show in Cleveland a few weeks back to talk about 1995: It was the first discussion on broadcast media about my forthcoming book, 1995: The … Continue reading
Why 1995?
So why a book about 1995? What made that year that special? Fair questions. And the answers are compelling. Nineteen-ninety five, the topic of my forthcoming book, was a watershed … Continue reading
Welcome to The 1995 Blog
Welcome to The 1995 Blog, a site that will call attention to and revisit the important moments of an exceptional year. The blog has another mission, that of promoting my … Continue reading
The 1995 Blog 