Terry Golway
@terryg55.bsky.social
Author, journalist, professor of history and political science. Historian of Irish America, New York and New Jersey. Sherlockian. Golfer determined to get better before he gets worse. Rutgers Ph.D.
Happy Evacuation Day to all New Yorkers who celebrate. (Y'all should.)
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Evacuation Day, New York City's Forgotten November Holiday - Untapped New York
Forget Thanksgiving; in post-Revolution New York City, the biggest November celebration was Evacuation Day. Observed on November 25th, this early American holiday marked the date on which the last Bri...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Happy Evacuation Day to all New Yorkers who celebrate. (Y'all should.)
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Britain's Neville Chamberlain allowed Germany's Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland in 1938 -- without consulting Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain said the agreement would lead to "peace in our time." Trump thinks allowing Russia to annex eastern Ukraine will lead to a peace prize in his time.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Britain's Neville Chamberlain allowed Germany's Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland in 1938 -- without consulting Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain said the agreement would lead to "peace in our time." Trump thinks allowing Russia to annex eastern Ukraine will lead to a peace prize in his time.
William Kennedy, still exploring the American landscape and psyche at age 97. A role model for those of us who work with words (we, the few, the proud).
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At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians
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November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
William Kennedy, still exploring the American landscape and psyche at age 97. A role model for those of us who work with words (we, the few, the proud).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
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Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Zohran Mamdani is not the first NYC mayoral candidate whose citizenship has been questioned. W.R. Grace (founder of the firm) was an Irish-Catholic immigrant elected in 1880 despite slanderous attacks on his religion and his status as a citizen. (He was lawfully naturalized, like Mamdani.)
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Zohran Mamdani is not the first NYC mayoral candidate whose citizenship has been questioned. W.R. Grace (founder of the firm) was an Irish-Catholic immigrant elected in 1880 despite slanderous attacks on his religion and his status as a citizen. (He was lawfully naturalized, like Mamdani.)
The great William Kennedy is in the middle of a new novel -- at age 97. I dropped by to say hello recently and was grilled about New York state politics in the first quarter of the 20th Century. Well, I sense a plot line there. Bill is the better-dressed man in this photo. As always.
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The great William Kennedy is in the middle of a new novel -- at age 97. I dropped by to say hello recently and was grilled about New York state politics in the first quarter of the 20th Century. Well, I sense a plot line there. Bill is the better-dressed man in this photo. As always.
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Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war
Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war
Edmonton face the Panthers in the NHL title showdown for the second season in a row. But there are plenty of talking points off the ice too
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June 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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“What’s next?”
The motto of “The West Wing” became the motto of the Celtics after their crushing defeat last week. The Celtics & Knicks taught the country a beautiful lesson for our times about graceful winners and noble losers.
The motto of “The West Wing” became the motto of the Celtics after their crushing defeat last week. The Celtics & Knicks taught the country a beautiful lesson for our times about graceful winners and noble losers.
Lawrence: The power and the lesson for our politics in the Celtics’ loss to the Knicks
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell shares a very special last word about the lessons to be learned from the NBA Playoffs series between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“What’s next?”
The motto of “The West Wing” became the motto of the Celtics after their crushing defeat last week. The Celtics & Knicks taught the country a beautiful lesson for our times about graceful winners and noble losers.
The motto of “The West Wing” became the motto of the Celtics after their crushing defeat last week. The Celtics & Knicks taught the country a beautiful lesson for our times about graceful winners and noble losers.
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A story of the beautiful flowers of Misery Lane
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Mexican Navy tragedy at the Brooklyn Bridge shows us how real New Yorkers respond www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
May 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A story of the beautiful flowers of Misery Lane
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#SherlockHolmesDay #SherlockHolmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday 🎉
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#SherlockHolmesDay #SherlockHolmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday 🎉