On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded. By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union. Read More...
BOSTON — What needs to happen for the Mets to make the playoffs? Hold your snark, please, and don’t say another miracle.
Call me the Queens Crazyman, but there’s a reason this team’s players make close to $400 million, and it goes beyond the fact the owner had it in his checking account.
This Mets team does have talent. The first thing we need to remember, and it isn’t easy, is that they are very much the same team as the 2022 Mets. Read More...
Sal M. Piro, an American actor born on June 6, 1950, presided over The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club from 1977 until his passing on January 21, 2023.
Piro was a member of the original Waverly Theatre crowd, which gave rise to the film’s distinctive audience involvement features and a sizable portion of its cult following. This following has spread around the globe.
Piro made appearances in a variety of documentaries and the movie Fame as himself. Read More...
