Relationships and Going Places
To Submit, or Not to Submit? That Was the Right Question - But Was It Sexist?
During the Republican debate conservative columnist Byron York asked candidate Michele Bachmann: "As president, would you be submissive to your husband?" Bachmann evaded the question, saying that submissive really meant respect, and that both she and her husband respected each other. more »
John Muir's A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf and the A Walk in the Wild Exhibit
I Had long been looking from the wildwoods and gardens of the Northern States to those of the warm South, and at last, all draw-backs overcome, I set forth [from Indianapolis] on the first day of September, 1867, joyful and free, on a thousand-mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico. more »
Driving Miss Daisy: Providing Alternative Transportation Services for Seniors
Many of the drivers who volunteer to help seniors in the ITN program are themselves elderly. By participating, they earn credits that they can store and use later as they grow older, or donate to family members or the poor. Seniors who use the service pay an annual membership fee of $40 for an individual, or $65 for a family. more »
An Old Story and a Cautionary Tale
There are those who fade like cut flowers when they retire, there are those who won’t even try to stop working because they don't know what to do with themselves other than labor for a living, and there are those who can hardly wait for the free time and lightened pressure of unlimited leisure. more »