THE CRADLE OF AVIATION LIVES ON By Warren D. Jorgensen Emil “Ace” Feroldi and Hank Anholzer were infants when Charles Lindberg bought and flew is 1918 Curtiss JN4 “Jenny” in his short-lived barnstorming career. They were in elementary school when he went on to greater things in 1927. In 1973, they began restoring […]
15 killed, scores injured as terror strikes Jaipur
Terror struck Jaipur on Tuesday night when six serial blasts rocked crowded areas including one near a temple in the space of a few minutes leaving at least 15 killed and scores injured. Police sources said that 15 persons perished in the attack that triggered a stampede in the affected areas in the walled city […]
First Light : A Book Review
Some books are difficult to classify in any particular genre. They span several; of them and in that journey leap into the classification of epics. And yet an epic is typically a piece of work that only scholars can relish. The rest of us can scarcely dream of touching one of those and make […]
JFK in 2008
JFK in 2008 by Richard Davis The seven-story Dallas County Administrative Building at 411 Elm Street is filled with employees, files and office equipment. So it may seem strange that each year about 325,000 tourists from around the world pay good money to visit. Formerly known as the Dallas Schoolbook Depository, a wall plaque […]
Making Girls Beautiful In Calabar
There comes a time in the life of every village girl when she is no longer a girl and yet not quite a grown-up woman. It is at this stage that her parents prepare her for the ceremony of ‘ coming of Age.’ In the Calaber and Rivers Provinces of Eastern Nigeria, these ceremonies are […]
The Funniest Tales of Mullah Nasruddin
Author: Clifford Sawhney Publisher: Unicorn Books This great book for children is a collection of 140 hilarious, though thought-provoking tales of the highly popular trickster, Mullah Nasruddin (Nasruddin Hodja), has been meticulously collected and retold by journalist Clifford Sawhney. The lively Nasruddin dons diverse roles in these tales – while he is the wise man […]