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Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 8

Part 8I see the European headsman, He stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms, And leans on a ponderous axe.(Whom have you slaughter'd lately European headsman?…

Tom Ford Biography

fashion designerBorn: August 27, 1961Birthplace: Austin, Texas In 1979, at the age of 16, Tom Ford left Santa Fe for Great Barrington, Massachusetts to attend Bard…

Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

'Divide and Conquer' RepublicansA Letter From Forgotten People I got a letter last week from a young mother in Lorena, Texas, and I want to read a part of it to you. She writes, "Our…

Aesop's Fables: The Stag in the Ox-Stall

by Aesop The Wolf in Sheep's ClothingThe Milkmaid and Her PailThe Stag in the Ox-Stall A Stag, chased from his lair by the hounds, took refuge in a farmyard, and, entering a stable where a…

The Devil's Dictionary: Ghost

by Ambrose Bierce GEOLOGYGHOULGHOST -n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear. He saw a ghost. It occupied — that dismal thing! — The path that he was following.…

Hugh Joseph ADDONIZIO, Congress, NJ (1914-1981)

ADDONIZIO Hugh Joseph , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 31, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from West Side High School, Newark, N.J., in…

Don't Say a Word

Director:Gary FelderWriter:Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelley20th Century Fox; R; 110 minutesRelease:9/01Cast:Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy Michael Douglas dons the well-…

George Bradshaw KELLY, Congress, NY (1900-1971)

KELLY George Bradshaw , a Representative from New York; born in Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y., December 12, 1900; attended parochial and high schools and the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.…