Entries from December 2007

December 16, 2007

The Point of No Return

On this day in history 234 years ago an event occurred which impacted the life of everyone alive today.
 

 
The Boston Tea Party has been called the “point of no return” for the birth of democracy. The chain of events which was started by this act of civil disobedience on December 16, 1773 changed the future for the [...]

December 7, 2007

FamilyForest.com on NPR

Since I frequently enjoy listening to NPR, I was very surprised to discover today that
Alex Cohen had been talking on NPR  about the highly praised
Family Forest® Project back in October.
 
The story discusses the celebrity family ties of President Bush, and refers to
Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, John Kerry, Brooke Shields, Clint Eastwood, [...]