In the Golden State, we pride ourselves on our future-facing environmental values and our climate leadership. At the same time, nearly 1 million residents, primarily in disadvantaged communities, are …
Is the Child Father to the Man?
Looking back, a man really has a more objective feeling about himself as a child than he has about his father or mother. He feels as if that child were not the present he, individually, but an …
John F Kennedy | The Art of Becoming
Why does the memory of John F. Kennedy exert such an enduring hold on the imaginations of so many Americans? There are, to be sure, numerous factors that conjoin memorably in our thinking of his …
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Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
May 10 1940 | One Day, One Man
On Friday, May 10, 1940, at 5:35 a.m., the beautiful spring dawn of northwestern Europe was sundered by the unanticipated, unmistakable, ominous, thunderous rumble of heavy artillery fire. Adolf …
Sophie Scholl Ennobles May 9th
May 9th is the anniversary of the birthday of Sophie Scholl. Scholl is a celebrated heroine of modern Germany—indeed the world—for her historic service and sacrifice in resisting Hitler's Third Reich. …