“The Final Solution” is one of the most chilling phrases associated with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. It’s a euphemism for genocide. “The Final Solution” was immortalized by a memo…
Month: July 2015
as American as apple pie
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Barack Obama
George Zimmerman
H. Rap Brown (a.k.a. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)
Historical quotes
idioms
July 27
Kerner Commission (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Phrase origins
Political quotes
Sixties
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Trayvon Martin
Violence is as American as cherry pie
As American as apple pie, cherry pie – and violence…
Apple trees are not native to America. They originated in Central Asia and were grown in Asia and Europe long before European colonists brought them to North America. However, as…
The day Leo Durocher said “Nice guys finish last.” (Or something like that.)
The famous sports quote “Nice guys finish last” has long been attributed to legendary baseball player and manager Leo Durocher. But for decades there has been a debate about whether…