http://www.cityofsmoke.com New York History, Commentary, and Culture Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:23:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1565 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1565#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:48:57 +0000 William Bryk http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1565 I first heard of John Bear in 1990, when a man from Michigan named Bob Adams told me about the Ethiopian ear-pickers. In 1966, Southern Methodist University gave Bob Hope an honorary doctorate after the entertainer gave it a substantial donation. Up at Michigan State University, John Bear, earning his doctorate the hard way, resented this. He founded the Millard Fillmore Institute to honor Read More]]> http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1565/feed 0