When Secret Service officers wore rubber gloves to greet gay officials
Is it “different enough”? One of the tests for conducting research into the recent past is whether the period under scrutiny is “different enough” from the present. With the passage … Continue reading
June 11, 2015 · 7 Comments
Recalling the quaint early struggles to describe the Web
With considerable uncertainty and obvious tentativeness, news outlets 20 years ago struggled to describe the then-new phenomenon of the World Wide Web. Their tentativeness seems quaint nowadays, and a bit … Continue reading
January 18, 2015 · 28 Comments
Quirkiness on New Year’s Day, 1995: ‘Far Side’ farewell, errant Clinton prediction
The year 1995 opened on a Sunday — with the farewell appearance of a popular newspaper comic, Gary Larson’s delightfully bizarre “Far Side.” “The Far Side” entered retirement January 1, … Continue reading
December 31, 2014 · 16 Comments
The 1995 Blog 