The New York Times has a feature on its Learning Network called On This Day that I thought worth borrowing. What I’ll try to do, as I have time and when I remember, is offer some tidbits — from teh Times feature and other sources on the Web. I found Feb. 8 quite interesting.
On Feb. 8, 1996, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress, President Clinton signed legislation revamping the telecommunications industry, saying it would “bring the future to our doorstep.”
On Feb. 8, 1878, Martin Buber, the German-Jewish religious philosopher, was born. Following his death on June 13, 1965, his obituary appeared in The Times.
Clinton was right, the bill did bring the future to our doorstep but, like the deregulation of the financial industry a couple of years, the future was neither bright nor positive. What followed passage of the telecom bill? A frenzy of media mergers that has badly damaged the media landscape and a continued effort to control all things areas of the telecom realm — including a still-brewing battle over Internet access. Thanks, Bill.
And from History.com (The History Channel) comes this:
An important moment in World War II, to be sure, but I’m not big on the war stories — plus I like the personal stories.
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Hank Kalet 