In the classic novel, “Uncle TomĢƵ Cabin,” Harriet Beecher Stow presented the inspirational and tragic tale of a 19th century Kentucky slave named Uncle Tom. Though the story is fictional, the over-all theme, the setting and many of the details, were in fact based on actual personal ...
The Lincoln Memorial is swathed in police-line tape, national parks are closed from the Everglades in Florida to Mount Denali in Alaska, and an estimated 800,000 federal employees have packed up potted plants and gone home indefinitely.So whom is to blame?Is it the group of roughly two dozen ...
When it comes to politics, I try to stay balanced.I try to see the other sideĢƵ perspective, save the insults and acknowledge flaws in my own party and worldview.Call me a bleeding-heart liberal if you want, but I think empathy and rationality go a long way toward solving problems.But with ...