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72Partition America
I was reading about the 1947 partitioning of India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) the other day and it got me to thinking: It may be time to partition the United States into two nations—without the violence...
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63List of the Top 10 Most Visited Places in the World
Here’s the list and photos of the top ten Most Visited Places in The World:
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55Springtime in Washington
Planters like these decorate federal buildings. Some even have beautiful flowers in them. (Photo from the National Capital Planning Commission at ncpc.gov.) Spring in Washington announces itself, not by a...
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56A View From The Wall
We suddenly become the beneficiaries of a rare and wonderful twist of fate. We realize today is Saturday, it is the Memorial Day Weekend, we are northbound on I-95 and approaching Washington, DC.
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6122 Absolutely FREE things to do in DC
DC features world-class museums, monuments, parks, and public spaces. And many, many of them are free – absolutely free! -- ranging from all the museums of the Smithsonian Institution to the C&OCanal. This...
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68What Is An Iceberg? How Are Icebergs Formed?
Ever since Titanic turned into a mega-blockbuster hit in 1997, with A-list Hollywood stars such as Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio as its cast, the world has been fascinated by the eternal love story...
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68Was George Washington a Deist?
In this essay, I consider the common arguments given by historians that promote the thesis that George Washington was a deist. These arguments include that Washington used impersonal titles for God (like "providence"), that he was a Mason, that he was a product of the Enlightenment, and that he was called a deist early on. I give a refutation to each of these arguments in my conclusion that George Washington was not a deist.
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80Some Whimsical Art in a Shopping Center
Stopping by one of the new, but smaller, shopping plazas, the Oracle Crossings Shopping Center on N. Oracle Road in the Northwest Tucson town of Oro Valley recently, I encountered some interesting and...
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67A Pedestrian's View of Washington, D.C.
The Washington Monument viewed at street level. (Photo from NOAA Web site.) What a fabulous city is our nation's capital. What a fabulous place for a stroll. One year and two months after I began my...
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68Guide to Washington, D.C.
When you start listing great free vacation attractions, many of the places that come to mind are in our nation's capital. It would not be difficult to spend a week in Washington perusing the sights and not...
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