Take a Walk with Birkenstock

I had long known of Zabriskie Point from Michelangelo Antonioni's tedious 1970 art film of the same name. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of that film was Harrison Ford's tiny, uncredited part...

In Northwest Arkansas, the trees are starting to bud, daffodils are about spent, and the lenten roses are blooming. Spring is in the air. Whether you are marching in a rally or strolling along the...

A wild-goose chase is an often-used idiom. An idiom is a non-literal phrase or expression whose meaning is not discernible from the actual words of the phrase. From the process of usage, the phras...

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that state-mandated racial segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. That decision established the legal doct...

In the mid-twentieth century, J. Paul Getty was long thought to be the worlds' richest private individual. Even adjusted for inflation, his billionaire status - around six billion dollars (34 bill...

One of my favorite walks is along West Cliff Drive toward Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, California. I must have traipsed out to Lighthouse Point a hundred times. Each time, there is fascination ...

One of Santa Fe's legendary figures is Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, near the Plaza in Santa Fe is one of its most famous landmarks. The structure...

Apparently, there is no documentation as to whether Woody Guthrie visited Redwood forests. However, I have to believe, since Woody lived in California from 1937 through 1941, loved to "roam and r...

I have family in Minneapolis. If you are tough enough to endure the winters, Minnesota is a wonderful state to raise a family.  Minnesota consistently ranks within the top 10 states for public ...