It’s 1972. Richard Nixon is reelected president. Watergate is broken into by a bunch White House operatives. Sanford & Son premieres on NBC. The last military draft is held even though the US is beginning withdrawal from Viet Nam. Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals at the summer Olympics in Munich only to bested later…
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Adventures Traveling Around the World – Americans Don’t Travel
Among the stereotypes of Americans out there this one may be true. Who’s the last person you know that visited Tunisia, Paraguay or for that matter Japan (OK, my niece Taylor did this past summer but she was the exception). Americans don’t travel overseas like the Germans, Japanese, Brits, Scandinavians or the Dutch. When we…
A Touch of Class
The anniversary of 9/11 has again came and gone. Filled with a weekend of events, television shows, and media documentaries and tributes, the emotions of the day are again sparked in our hearts and minds. It is only after the tragedy and efforts of so many people, that we can reflect and show our respect to those that sacrificed so much.
Adventures Traveling Around the World – The Media Lies
A second postulate of Gary Arndt’s 3 years of travel around the world is something we have all suspected at one time or another: “The Media Lies“ If the nightly news were the only source of information about other countries one might be tempted to dig a whole, climb in and cover it to never…
