During a leisurely walk down a nondescript street in a benign part of Paris I was awestruck to find myself staring at the home of he whom I consider to be the most compassionate literary humanitarian of the modern world. “If only I had been here 150 years earlier,” I thought. “I wonder what he would […]

As St. Patrick’s Day has hopefully reached a safe conclusion for the millions who adopted a temporary Irish heritage, there are two common household and garden items that surely survived the 24 hour melee- holiday “limited edition” green beer and of course shamrock plants. Of course the solution for eradicating the excess and outdated suds is […]

This is a true story of sacrifice and hope written by a flight attendant from Delta Flight 15, which was in the air during the 9-11 attacks: “On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, we were about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, flying over the North Atlantic. All of a sudden the curtains parted and I was told to […]