The year was 1967, and the astronauts of Apollo 16 were going to the moon. This is Charlie Duke, Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16. This amazing little capsule went by the call-sign CASPER, and it was the heart of an immense system of rocket engineering that got the astronauts safely to the moon and […] Read more

There’s a bumper sticker on my Toyota with the words “My other car is a pair of boots.” I smiled when I bought it long ago, because I’ve always felt most at home with a carpet of green at my feet and a canopy of branches and sky above. Now when I see that sticker […] Read more

Mention Argentina and images of gauchos and the tango come to mind. But for many who visit it’s also a country full of natural treasures. These range from its barren northern landscapes to the sheer beauty of the soaring Andes. From spectacular thousand-foot high waterfalls – to its extensive wine region.   At the center […] Read more

OPEN: “The Holocaust was not the first genocide of the 20th century. During the first World War, the Ottoman Empire sought to eliminate an entire ethnic group of people. Armenian culture and history thrived for over 3000 years at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.” CLOSE: “In the 20th century, an estimated 15 million people […] Read more

these are america’s elite shock troops the United States Army 75th Ranger Regiment a select unit trained to stagger an adversary with Lethal speed and firepower executed across land sea or from the air theirs is a complex operation that is clear-cut in its objective but to operate deep in hostile territory the Rangers must […] Read more

In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change; bodies disappear; spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come […] Read more

Whether one comes by air, sea, or land, the visitor to Athens enters a metropolis. It’s a huge city … an urban sea, surging around a few outcroppings of rock … a sea which spreads a little farther with each passing year. Built around the remains of antiquity, the modern city of Athens has sent […] Read more

On August 9th, it was announced over the Missouri’s public address that an atom bomb was dropped on a Japanese city. The description of the enormity of this weapon and the massive damage it caused horrified just about everyone aboard. There followed a series of “false peaces.” Air strikes had been routinely launched on August […] Read more

Audrey Hepburn’s real story is one of a reluctant celebrity who came to understand the true value of her fame when she took the spotlight off herself, and shone it directly on the faces of the world’s children. That is how we came to truly know her, continued to be captivated by her, and why […] Read more