R.I.P.

"It's important for America to remember Wesley [...] Brown. He was a pioneer like Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson," said Navy historian Robert J. Schneller Jr.

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"The Naval Academy was damned lucky to have such a fine gentleman that Wesley Brown was [...]" said Mr. Schneller. "He was a man who had deep respect for his family, military service, education and his community."

Broke Color Barrier at Naval Academy

RIP Irvin Penfield

I hope the football team wears black this weekend.

I told him not to have the fish

RIP

Ted Kennedy

I kind of noticed it with Michael Jackson: is it weird how the media is heaping unqualified praise on controversial people who are recently deceased, as they're doing with Ted Kennedy right now? People are calling him the most effective senator or the most influential Kennedy (or more: see here, especially the kind of creepy comments) without mentioning, at least that I've seen, the numerous problems with the legislation he supported.

I think this kind of postmortem celebration started with Ronald Reagan, but maybe it goes back farther; someone needs to write an article about that.