Where ya headed this weekend?
According to several news stories, including this one from USA Today, many Americans are hitting the road this weekend! AAA projects that about 34.9 million people are venturing at least 50 miles from...
View ArticleGrannies on Safari: Why the Fourth of July Matters
It’s so much easier to talk about all the things our country does wrong, to focus on the wars we are in and to obsess about the economy. But when I traveled to New York City last week with my friend...
View Article4 Explosive Facts About July 4th
July 4 wrestling matches in Ashville, Ohio, in 1941, photographed by Ben Shahn (Library of Congress) What’s not to like about the Fourth of July? For most of us, it’s a holiday, meaning that it’s a day...
View ArticleFive Good Reasons to Celebrate the Fourth of July
Can you imagine the looks on their faces in the audience when abolitionist Frederick Douglass, speaking at a commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, asked the question, “What,...
View Article4 Tips for a Happy Road Trip
With AAA forecasting that 41.9 million of us will hit the highways over the July 4th weekend, findings from a new AARP Travel survey prove that the old-fashioned road trip remains prized by travelers...
View Article5 Fashions to Rock on the Fourth
I live in suburbia — home to barbecues and book clubs, malls and multiplexes, country clubs, cul-de-sacs and Costcos the size of Connecticut. The occupants of those precincts will be out in force this...
View ArticleWhy Not a Summer Salute to Black History?
This salute is extremely late. I don’t mean late for Memorial Day or even Black History Month. I mean this salute — to black soldiers who fought in the Civil War — is more than 150 years late. But so...
View ArticleIn a Livable Community, Every Day Can Be an Independenc
See the box below for how to get this new AARP book for free! On Monday, we — as a nation — celebrated the 240th Anniversary of Independence Day. Many of us turned on our grills, took in a parade,...
View ArticleGrannies on Safari: Why the Fourth of July Matters
It’s so much easier to talk about all the things our country does wrong, to focus on the wars we are in and to obsess about the economy. But when I traveled to New York City last week with my friend...
View Article4 Explosive Facts About July 4th
July 4 wrestling matches in Ashville, Ohio, in 1941, photographed by Ben Shahn (Library of Congress) What’s not to like about the Fourth of July? For most of us, it’s a holiday, meaning that it’s a day...
View ArticleFive Good Reasons to Celebrate the Fourth of July
Can you imagine the looks on their faces in the audience when abolitionist Frederick Douglass, speaking at a commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, asked the question, “What,...
View Article4 Tips for a Happy Road Trip
With AAA forecasting that 41.9 million of us will hit the highways over the July 4th weekend, findings from a new AARP Travel survey prove that the old-fashioned road trip remains prized by travelers...
View Article5 Fashions to Rock on the Fourth
I live in suburbia — home to barbecues and book clubs, malls and multiplexes, country clubs, cul-de-sacs and Costcos the size of Connecticut. The occupants of those precincts will be out in force this...
View ArticleWhy Not a Summer Salute to Black History?
This salute is extremely late. I don’t mean late for Memorial Day or even Black History Month. I mean this salute — to black soldiers who fought in the Civil War — is more than 150 years late. But so...
View ArticleIn a Livable Community, Every Day Can Be an Independenc
See the box below for how to get this new AARP book for free! On Monday, we — as a nation — celebrated the 240th Anniversary of Independence Day. Many of us turned on our grills, took in a parade,...
View ArticleWhere ya headed this weekend?
According to several news stories, including this one from USA Today, many Americans are hitting the road this weekend! AAA projects that about 34.9 million people are venturing at least 50 miles from...
View ArticleGrannies on Safari: Why the Fourth of July Matters
It's so much easier to talk about all the things our country does wrong, to focus on the wars we are in and to obsess about the economy. But when I traveled to New York City last week with my friend...
View ArticleFive Good Reasons to Celebrate the Fourth of July
Can you imagine the looks on their faces in the audience when abolitionist Frederick Douglass, speaking at a commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, asked the question, “What,...
View Article4 Tips for a Happy Road Trip
With AAA forecasting that 41.9 million of us will hit the highways over the July 4th weekend, findings from a new AARP Travel survey prove that the old-fashioned road trip remains prized by travelers...
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