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Window On the Past Archive

Window on the Past: The Irish Bambino

In late 1990s baseball, home runs were everywhere. The balls were allegedly juiced. The sluggers …
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Window on the Past: Stampede of a New York Cowboy

Calgary, nicknamed “Cowtown,” is home to the largest rodeo in the world, the Calgary Stampede, which …
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Kelly in a 1953 Life Magazine photo.

Window on the Past: The Triumph of a Sad Clown

The extraordinarily gifted Emmett Kelly, who turned clowning into an art form. Though he was most …
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Window on the Past: The Irish Bambino
ArchiveMarch April 2020 IssueSports ArchivesTop StoriesWindow on The Past

Window on the Past: The Irish Bambino

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
March / April 2020
Mar 1, 20207 min read
In late 1990s baseball, home runs were everywhere. The balls were allegedly juiced. The sluggers were definitely juiced. Players who had been lanky rookies would later display cartoon-sized muscles, thanks […]
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Window on the Past: Stampede of a New York Cowboy
ArchiveOctober November 2019 IssueWindow on The Past

Window on the Past: Stampede of a New York Cowboy

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
October / November 2019
Oct 1, 20199 min read
Calgary, nicknamed “Cowtown,” is home to the largest rodeo in the world, the Calgary Stampede, which annually draws millions of visitors. The first Calgary rodeo in 1912 was organized by a New Yorker […]
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Window on the Past: The Triumph of a Sad Clown
ArchiveAugust September 2019 IssueTop StoriesWindow on The Past

Window on the Past: The Triumph of a Sad Clown

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
August / September 2019
Aug 1, 20196 min read
The extraordinarily gifted Emmett Kelly, who turned clowning into an art form. Though he was most certainly a clown, Emmett Kelly’s performances were wistful rather than slapstick. Instead of wearing cheerfully bright […]
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Window on the Past: Manifest Destiny
ArchiveHistory ArchivesMay June 2019 IssuePolitics ArchivesTop StoriesWindow on The Past

Window on the Past: Manifest Destiny

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
May / June 2019
May 1, 20196 min read
Two words from one Irishman who trumpeted the world’s superpower. “Manifest destiny…” These words, placed together, command one’s attention. They sound important, almost biblical. But they didn’t come from an […]
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Window on the Past: A Savior of History
History ArchivesJanuary February 2019 IssueWindow on The Past

Window on the Past: A Savior of History

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
Dec 22, 20186 min read
John Gilmary Shea preserved much of the existing knowledge of the beginnings of American Catholicism. Considering the Irish-American influence on U.S. Catholicism, it makes sense that someone of Irish descent […]
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Window on the Past: Wall Street’s Forgotten Financial News Genius
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Window on the Past: Wall Street’s Forgotten Financial News Genius

By Paul M. McCarthy
October 6, 2017
Oct 6, 20175 min read
Etched against the burgeoning lower Manhattan skyline, a lone figure rowed his tiny skiff toward the white-capped inner port. This was no fitness buff; his dark suit and bowler hat […]
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