Grassley is an ex-democrat who changed parties in 1981 with the Reagan blue wave. He is the senior senator from his home state of Iowa. Married in 1951, he and his wife of 66 years have five children. He is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee reviewing the Kavanaugh-Ford allegations. Grassley's chart is very similar... Continue Reading →
Nancy Zieman, host of the public television show "Sewing With Nancy," in 1988. CreditMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Nancy Zieman, who became an unlikely television star through the humblest of shows, “Sewing With Nancy,” which ran for 35 years on public television, died on Nov. 14 at her home in Beaver Dam, Wis. She was 64. The... Continue Reading →
Biography of an Industrialist Britannica vers. 11 is typically first-rate, giving more incisive information than the online watered down version, but sometimes, as in the industrialist Henry Ford, they leave you wanting, wondering how they ignored him as he was reaching his height when they started the edition in 1908. Instead for a brief biography, we... Continue Reading →
