A very special thank you to Durer’s Rhino for letting me riff on her idea for this special edition of 10 Photos.
Great Hall of the Second Ellis Island Immigration Station-US Library of Congress. 1908. Continue reading
A very special thank you to Durer’s Rhino for letting me riff on her idea for this special edition of 10 Photos.
Great Hall of the Second Ellis Island Immigration Station-US Library of Congress. 1908. Continue reading
I was an Air Force brat until age eight. When my father retired in 1978, we moved from Dover AFB to Baltimore, Maryland. As a college and Jesuit educated, ex-Captain of the military, my father insisted that his children not pick up the local accents of the areas in which we lived, especially the Baltimore brogue, which seemed to grate on him the most. However, to me, an accent meant, roots. It meant you lived somewhere long enough to develop the local speak. I didn’t have the luxury of staying in one place during early formative years, and I think that is why one’s accent appeals to me and why I pay close attention to every accent I come in contact with envy. Continue reading
Fortune magazine conducted an investigation into the so-called Fast and Furious scandal. Surprise, surprise, there is both more (and less) to this story than those trying to whip it up into a major crisis for the Obama administration would like you to believe. Continue reading
Happy 4th of July! Time to stuff yourselves silly with hot dogs and ribs on the grill, good ol’ American beer, watermelon, and ice cream. Enjoy the best part, the fireworks. Continue reading