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Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow is a longtime Oceanside-based journalist and author. His columns from OsideNews are now incorporated into the North Coast Current.

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A portrait of American financier John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan, painted by Fedor Encke in 1903. (Creative Commons image)

Historically Speaking: The banker who saved America 

Tom Morrow
March 22, 2023
Part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C., pictuted in December 2018, represents the depths of the Great Depression. (Photo by Sonder Quest via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: From riches to rags to world leadership

Tom Morrow
March 11, 2023
The Robert E. Lee mansion, pictured in March 2022, forms a backdrop at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Chad Stembridge via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: The mansion above Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Morrow
February 23, 2023
The Palomar Observatory, located in northeast San Diego County. (Photo by Kevin Hudnell, iStock Getty Images)

Historically Speaking: The eye on the sky right in our back yard

Tom Morrow
February 4, 2023
Holiday presents. (Photo by Clint Patterson via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: Christmas of yesteryear in the Midwest

Tom Morrow
December 27, 2022
Election Day. (Photo by Element5 Digital, Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: 2024 could amount to another election debacle

Tom Morrow
November 12, 2022
Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell. (Army photo)

Historically Speaking: The court martial of an aviation visionary

Tom Morrow
October 15, 2022
Whether you’re a small investor or a company CEO, or neither, monitoring the daily Dow Jones Industrial Average is a way of keeping tabs on the pulse of the nation’s business health. (Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: When Mr. Dow met Mr. Jones

Tom Morrow
September 29, 2022
The White House is pictured in June 2020. (Photo by Tabrez Syed via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: A historical assessment of 14 presidents

Tom Morrow
September 17, 2022
Working for Britain’s Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War is where author Ian Fleming got his ideas for creating 007, James Bond. (Photo by Kristaps Ungurs via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: The man who would be Bond

Tom Morrow
August 21, 2022
President John F. Kennedy is pictured on a 1960s-era television set. (Photo by Lucrezia Carnelos via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: The ‘Golden Age’ depends upon your age

Tom Morrow
July 14, 2022
U.S. Olympic sprinters (from left) Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe and Frank Wykoff do a light warm-up on the deck of the S.S. Manhattan before they sail for Germany to compete in the 1936 Olympics. (Public Domain image)

Historically Speaking: The 10th-of-a-second nightmare in Berlin

Tom Morrow
June 21, 2022
A worker checks electrical assemblies at Vega Aircraft Corp. in Burbank in 1942 during World War II. (Photo by David Bransby, Library of Congress collection)

Historically Speaking: Some key points of 20th century U.S. history

Tom Morrow
June 1, 2022
Movies. (Photo by Anika Mikkelson via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: A few celebrity moments from yesteryear

Tom Morrow
May 19, 2022
Esso gas pumps from another era. (Photo by Bannon Morrissy via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: The cost of living after eight decades

Tom Morrow
May 10, 2022
Columnist Tom Morrow stands with noted director Billy Wilder at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Tom Morrow)

Notes and Quotes: My breakfast with a film legend

Tom Morrow
April 28, 2022
Sunset. (Photo by Matt Phillips via Unsplash)

Notes and Quotes: Short visits to small places

Tom Morrow
April 10, 2022
“Washington Goes To War,” By David Brinkley.

Notes & Quotes: When Washington went to war; reviewing our past in light of today

Tom Morrow
April 1, 2022
Sunset. (Photo by Matt Phillips via Unsplash)

Notes & Quotes: The Smiths of the Okefenokee Swamp

Tom Morrow
March 24, 2022
Sunset at Ponto Beach in Carlsbad. (OsideNews file photo)

Notes & Quotes: The sun shines brightest on the Pacific

Tom Morrow
March 17, 2022
Sunset. (Photo by Matt Phillips via Unsplash)

Notes & Quotes: First steps to the West in a historic year

Tom Morrow
March 10, 2022
Sunset. (Photo by Matt Phillips via Unsplash)

Notes & Quotes: The miracle of mentioning ‘Kansas’ 

Tom Morrow
March 1, 2022

Notes & Quotes: The rise and demise of the daily newspaper

Tom Morrow
February 19, 2022
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