2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (350+ words) Like many Americans, my ancestors came to this land as immigrants. The first, Scottish highlander William MacTavish, arrived to America in the 1700s,, looking for a new home and a new life. He found it, along with a wife, a squaw…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (128+ words) I admit feeling like it was time to give up on America. But a 250th anniversary show hosted in Philadelphia by Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki and Ali Velshi made me stop and think about remembering those who stood up to tyranny…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (341+ words) Fifty years ago, I was single and, with my then-steady girlfriend and a vintage MG Midget British convertible sports car, headed east from Alton, Illinois towards Washington, DC, to celebrate the then-200th anniversary of America on the Fourth of July....

2+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (479+ words) The Taiwanese I met and talked to at length for the weeklong stay were determined to keep their independence and the U.S. provided weapons and other help, through our nation’s intelligence agencies. At a dinner with Taiwan’s defense minister, we were…...