It’s Independence Day!
What is the name of the upcoming summer holiday that we celebrate early next month? Most of you will immediately say, “The Fourth of July.” While that statement is generally accepted to be true, the actual name of the holiday is Independence Day: the day…
A Tale of Two Women
The late, great Charles Dickens wrote a “Tale of Two Cities” in 1859. It was set in two of the world’s greatest cities, London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution. The opening sentence is among the greatest in all of…