To the delight of Muggles and half-bloods alike, April brought the opening of Pottermore, a digital portal for the best-selling novels about Hogwarts' young wizard that captured the hearts and minds of a generation. The wizarding world of Harry Potter has taken the planet by storm, selling half...
(7) Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 9:02 AM
A series of unfortunate events has led to a decision by the U.S. government to cut off funding to UNESCO -- the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Among its many efforts, UNESCO has been a driving force behind global efforts that have helped put millions more...
(32) Comments | Posted March 9, 2012 | 3:09 PM
Glued to the television in 2008, I remember many of my female friends and I holding our collective breath as we watched with fascination the rise of female contenders for the United States presidential ticket. Hillary Rodham Clinton's magnetic appeal first captured my imagination as a teenager in the 90's...
(0) Comments | Posted January 26, 2012 | 4:28 PM
Alright, now that it is now officially 2012, it is time for a little nostalgia trivia from my personal favorite of all decades: The '90s. Quick: Where were you on New Year's Eve, 1999? Think back. When the clock struck midnight, it was the end of an era, the end...
(0) Comments | Posted January 17, 2012 | 9:50 AM
There are places you will go in your life where you can close your eyes and walk the streets in your dreams. As you look up at the mountains in the night, the city lights of the surrounding hills twinkle like fallen stars punched out of the darkness. Over cobblestones...
(19) Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 3:10 PM
From the northern hemisphere, a bright cluster of stars known as the Pleiades is a brilliant fixture of the winter sky. In Greek mythology, these fiery seven sisters were the daughters of the titan god Atlas, cast into the heavens with their father as he worked to hold up the...
(0) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 5:18 PM