Tag: World War II

  • Meet Deborah Szekely, a 91-Year-Old Wellness Warrior

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    Reposted from The Atlantic The nonagenarian just started her “project for the next decade.” EMMA GREEN Organic food may be a fad of the 21st century, but Deborah Szekely, 91, has been organic farming since 1930. In her nine decades of life, she has run for Congress, managed a federal agency, and served as a…

  • Vote With Your Wallet

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    Spencer Bath admits, in the coloradoan, that when discussing fertilizer options with his customers he asks loaded questions such as, “Are you looking for conventional chemical salts or something organic that is safe for children and pets?” He notes that: A rapidly growing number of consumers are either already seeking organic products, or sit on the…

  • What you may not know about “God Bless America”

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    Sheryl Kaskowitz lists six surprising facts about the song “God Bless America” that you probably don’t know: It was written by Irving Berlin.  Like so many songs that have entered in American consciousness, “God Bless America” has attained the composerless status of an anthem or a folk song, but it has roots in Tin Pan Alley.…

  • Do Americans Have a Democratic Mission?

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    Excerpted from “Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century” At one end of the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., in the expanse between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, the Bush administration authorized a memorial to World War II. This message, chiseled into a stone tablet, greets the visitor to the World War II…