When I was a young adult in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Andrew Carnegie built his wealth ( Letters, 12 April ), it was hard to walk a block without something attesting to the man’s legacy: Carnegi...
04.17.2024 Theguardian.comMETROPOLIS, Ill. — The pastor began his sermon with a warning. Satan was winning territory across America, and now he was coming for their small town on the banks of the Ohio River in southern Illinoi...
04.18.2024 Nbcnews.comOne thing that really bugs me about modern day, Fox-watching ‘conservatives’ is how little interest they have in maintaining and expanding the institutions that have made America great. I receive blan...
04.20.2024 Dailykos.com and 1 sitesScotland covers over 30, 000 square miles and is connected by more than 1, 700 miles of railway. So, if you’re on the hunt for a new adventure, look no further than the new ScotRail Inspiration Hub . ...
04.21.2024 Dailyrecord.co.ukReading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Rebecca Makkai… I will read a novel because it wins awards. Because I’m curious. And because its theme or subject matter interests me. The 2018 novel by Rebecca Makkai (pictured above), The Great Believers , hit all three categories. Highly recommended by the New York Times Book Review and a winner of the Andrew Carnegie...
04.18.2024 Publicationcoach.comEconomists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway contend that “the seven years from the autumn of 1922 to the autumn of 1929 were arguably the brightest period in the economic history of the United State...
04.18.2024 Iowatorch.comTribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. “How was your weekend? ” I am a lucky person because I can often start the work w...
04.17.2024 Triblive.comIf California embodied the promise of “The American Dream” in the post-World War II era, few cities embodied that idea of California more than Anaheim. A sleepy farm community for most of its first ce...
04.18.2024 Pastemagazine.comCorsicana, Texas Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, some fifty-five miles (eighty-nine kilometers) south of downtown Dallas. The population wa...
04.17.2024 Wn.comAn under-used former library is to be repurposed as a creativity hub. The Grade II-listed building in Wrexham will house recording studios, TV facilities and hi-tech production “labs”. The transformation of the city’s Old Library on Queens Square ref...
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