September 2009
September 17th, 2009
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Baseball, which became popular in the mid-1800s, is called America’s “national pastime.” But it is the lesser-known sport of lacrosse that lays claim as America’s first homegrown sport. In 1636, a Jesuit missionary, Jean de Brebeuf, wrote the first account of a lacrosse game played by members of the Huron tribe in Canada.By that time, the game already had taken deep cultural roots in Native...
September 16th, 2009
Written by David Wolfford in Race & Politics with 0 Comments
Florida Senator Mel Martinez has left the US Senate amid intra-party conflict over immigration. As he leaves politics, his fellow Cuban Americans leave the GOP.
“Forty-two years ago, I arrived in this great country,” Martinez said during an impassioned 2004 campaign speech. “I was fifteen…I arrived alone, but with faith in God and the hope to be able to live in freedom.” Now, Martinez has...
September 12th, 2009
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
A lasting victory against terrorism will be achieved only when we invest in educating ourselves and future generations on the peoples, cultures, religions and lifestyles beyond our own.
Our nation can spend unlimited resources to find Osama Bin Laden, dead or alive, and behead Al Qaida forever … perhaps. We can wage wars to topple future Saddam Husseins.
Over time, we might even rid the “Axis of...
September 10th, 2009
Written by Alakananda Mookerjee in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
9/11 is a dark date on the American calendar, a day of infamy and colossal tragedy.
Today, 9/10, has a grim ring to it as well. It’s World Suicide Prevention Day.
Except when a celebrity or a well-known public figure terminates his or her life, suicide-related news doesn’t make it beyond an obscure paragraph, tucked somewhere in the inside pages of a newspaper.
Let’s face it: they make depressing...
September 3rd, 2009
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 0 Comments
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Oh, how we carry on a love-hate relationship with color. Color, in all its vibrant variety, is one of the spices of life. It excites and stimulates the imagination.
Painters and photographers capture it on canvas. It is captured on the printed page in poetry and prose.
We marvel at the awesome beauty and bounty of...