In April 1981, four of Fernando Valenzuela’s brothers — Daniel, left, Avelino, Francisco and Manuel Valenzuela — visit the field in Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico, where they learned to play baseball. “It’s hard to believe, no?” El Zurdo — “The Lefty” — would be Fernando Valenzuela, the youngest of 12 children from this desert hamlet in northwest Mexico who would corral …
The Conservative attack on Keir Starmer for being a typical north London human rights lawyer never really took hold, and now we can see why. The Conservatives started to get the better of Tony Blair only when they made common cause with Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty and the epitome of a human rights lawyer even though she lived …
Townes Van Zandt's 'Sky Blue' Offers Insight Into A Mercurial Mind At His Prime Enlarge this image toggle caption John Lomax III/Courtesy of the artist John Lomax III/Courtesy of the artist Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. Lots of people would have loved to take a peek inside Townes Van Zandt's head for a …
