I originally wrote this post just after the tragedy in Haiti. Of course, we now face the growing death toll and incredible ...
On this day in 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed today National Bill of Rights Day, on the 150th anniversary of the ...
This morning, President Barack Obama met with Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja, shared pleasantries, and had a very public burden ...
There's something of a let-down whenever I finish writing a poem, as if I have to leave what was an exciting adventure ...
On this day in 1949, the United Nations passed Resolution 317(IV), calling for an International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, abolishing slavery and ...
"The country at large takes a natural interest in the President's dogs and judges him by the taste and discrimination he shows ...
Prior to the introduction of Teddy Bears into American society, bears were symbols of strength and ferocity, perhaps because America was not ...
Today is National Pardon Day. The very idea that a public person, after the initial shock and let-down we share at discovering ...