As we all learned in our American History courses (in my school system, that was 5th, 7th and 11th grades), the Declaration of Independence was written and signed during the meeting of the Second Continental Congress. You may recall that on June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed a resolution stating that, “These [...]
What do you know about Belarus? Can you find it on a map? (You know, that piece of paper that never folded up right yet helped get us from here to there before GPS?) Anyway, Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe, which you can’t easily get to by water. To access any navigable [...]
Where, oh where is Hollywood when you need it? As potential scandals abound for past and present denizens of the cesspool known as Washington, D.C., it seems as if this might be a good time for a really juicy showbiz brouhaha to hit the front pages and set social media ablaze. If for no other [...]
Summertime. And the livin’ is . . . expensive. Whether it’s working moms and dads with kids to entertain, outdoor adventurers, travelers of all ages, and even those just craving an occasional excursion for a double scoop of ice cream from a local emporium, everybody can all tell that the price of having fun is [...]
If for some reason you’ve been planning a trip to Russia this year, you might want to hold off on those plane tickets and hotel reservations. For one thing, there have been recent reports of some military drones dropping their payload on cities inside the country. But that may not be the biggest reason to [...]