As nation turns 250, many Americans say the Stars and Stripes is now a red flag NBC News The American flag has come to symbol many things in these divided times. Yahoo American flag feelings: A veteran, a grandmother and a motorcoach operator reflect WBUR Amazing America 250: Valley Forge Flag stands as enduring symbol of American history WJLA […]
Videos show U.S. rescue team pull mother, 9-month-old baby from rubble in Venezuela: "The delivery of hope" – CBS News
Videos show U.S. rescue team pull mother, 9-month-old baby from rubble in Venezuela: “The delivery of hope” CBS Newssource
The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed – The Guardian
The main pillars of the founding narrative have fallen on hard times. Today, its meaning is up for grabsWriting during the carnage of the first world war, the iconoclast intellectual Randolph Bourne described the American revolutionary inheritance as a squalid marriage between the town capitalist and plantation patriarch. Glittering generalities of freedom and democracy, Bourne […]
Column | What a gastroenterologist wants you to know about bidets – The Washington Post
Column | What a gastroenterologist wants you to know about bidets The Washington Postsource
Spirit airlines is dead and a bus travel boom looks likely – but will Greyhounds ever be cool again? – The Guardian
For most Americans, riding a bus means abandoning expectations of basic dignity – but with an increase in ridership, that could change“It’s a grueling experience,” Greyhound bus enthusiast Miles Taylor explains. “You’re not treated very well. Everyone is yelling at you the entire time. When the bus is late, they blame you for it, like […]