John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) “It is our task in our time and in our generation,to hand down undiminished to those who come after us,as was handed down to us by those who went before,the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.”President […]
Assassination
Terminological Inexactitude by Mark R. Elsis
I was driving my taxi in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, when a man and a woman flagged me. As I approached the couple, I realized the man was Alexander Haig. Immediately, I felt bad energy, but kept a smiling poker face on. They both got in, and Alexander said, take us to McMullen’s. […]
The Genesis Of Beat It by Mark R. Elsis
It was about 5 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, 1981, and I was standing near the back of the first-floor bar at the famous Manhattan after-hours club, AM-PM. Interestingly, I was at the same spot where, a few months earlier, I met and talked with John Belushi. I was standing by myself having a drink […]