Posted on 30 August 2010
In thumbing through the Orthodox English Dictionary the other day in search of a word, I came upon the definition for another word, “racism:”
a.) the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race , especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or [...]
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Alfred Kinsey, Havelock Ellis, Hitler, Lawrence Dennis, Magnus Hirschfeld, Pan-Humanism, racism, racist
Posted on 27 August 2010
To the best of my knowledge, my grandfather Rocco Petruzzelli was born in Italy in 1865. In 1896, he left his homeland and the village of Castelluccio Valmaggiore near Foggia / Apulia, Italy and set out for America, leaving his son and my father Donato – born a matter of months earlier on October 31, [...]
Tags: Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Foggia, Great Depression, Greatest Generation, Italian-American families, Italian-Americans, Roseto, Roseto Pennsylvania, Roseto Valfortore, South Philadelphia, World War II, WWII
Posted on 19 August 2010
The Afghan War may be the tip of the iceberg in the radical Islamic plan to conquer the world. In the past year, we have witnessed not the emergence of homegrown terrorism on our soil, but something far more insidious and bone chilling: we have seen an increase in terrorism and attempted terrorism within our [...]
Tags: Al Qaeda, Anwar Abdulla Nasser Aulaqi, Faisal Shahzad, homeland security, Janet Napolitano, Jose Maria Aznar, Khalid Sheihk Mohammed, Nidal Hasan, radical Islam
Posted on 13 August 2010
August 6, 1945 was no ordinary day. Although the Allied Forces had achieved victory in Europe, World War II still raged on in the Pacific Theater. The Japanese were, and remain to this day, an extremely proud race. Demonstrating their resolve at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, they preferred to fight to the death rather than [...]
Tags: A-Bomb, atomic bomb, August 14 1945, Hiroshima, kamikazes, Nagasaki, those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it, VJ Day, World War II, WWII
Posted on 12 August 2010
The history surrounding the conclusion of World War II centers on the atomic bomb, a weapon that brought the war to a screeching halt. In the 65 years succeeding the end of the war, all records of that fateful day — August 6, 1945 — have stated that three, repeat, three B-29’s set out to [...]
Tags: A-Bomb, atomic bomb, August 6 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Captain George Marquardt, Colonel Paul Tibbets, Elmer Dixon, Enola Gay, first atomic bomb, fourth B-29 over Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Jack Economos, John McGlohon, Ken Samuelson, Little Boy, Major Charles W. Sweeney, The Great Artiste, The Necessary Evil
Posted on 11 August 2010
The sounds of nature became the first music heard on this planet. As Homo sapiens emerged and evolved, we added to the symphony. By uttering sounds in rhythmic sequences, early man created songs to express his range of emotions. As time went on, he developed crude instruments, such as drums made of animal skins, to [...]
Tags: George M. Cohan, language of music, music, music genres, musical genres, universal language
Posted on 04 August 2010
The term “obesity” describes human body weight considered to be unhealthy according to certain clinical parameters. Based upon body mass charts, these parameters are calculated using the heights and genders of non-obese individuals as standards for good health. When a human being ingests food, the body converts it into glucose (a form of sugar), which [...]
Tags: BMI, body mass index, fatso, lean and mean, morbidly obese, obesity, obesity and fast food, obesity articles, obesity definition, obesity in America
Posted on 02 August 2010
How do we define happiness: that which each of us pursues with a single-minded purpose, yet often, fails to achieve? Is happiness a state of mind we delude ourselves into entering, or is it as real as it is fleeting? Is it a secret desire, lovingly nurtured and finally brought to fruition? Is it a [...]
Tags: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, can money buy happiness, Cinderella, does money buy happiness, finding happiness, happiness, how to find happiness, money, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Posted on 29 July 2010
In his promise to restore fiscal sanity to the State of New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie announced a proposal that would impact the gambling industry. He proposed to sell off the State’s racetracks and use the resultant funds to reinvest in Atlantic City, whose casinos are struggling to run in the black, and not the [...]
Tags: Atlantic City, casino district, casinos, Chris Christie, Governor Christie, New Jersey, New Jersey financial crisis
Posted on 22 July 2010
How many times has each of us uttered the phrase, “It’s not my job; let someone else do it”? Upon closer inspection, this is more than an expression. It is a mindset in which we assume that everything can be fixed, provided someone else takes up the slack. At the end of World War II, [...]
Tags: American Doughboys, armed forces, citizen soldier, GI's, military, military service, Minutemen