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Globetrotting

Farewell Italia

I think it’s fair to judge the success of a trip by how sad you are to go home. I think this as I stand on a bus that will take me across the tarmac of Florence’s airport to the airplane that is waiting for me. And, I don’t want to go home, but go home I must.

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News

That’s a Unique Name, Tell Me More

Take the north Georgia cities of Winder or Jefferson for example. Winder was Jug Tavern until the city was renamed after a railroad man – John L. Winder – who is credited with bringing the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway to town. Jefferson, once named Thomoccoggan, was named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson.

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Commentary

The Death of a Dictator

No matter where one stands politically, the world just witnessed an historic event: The death of Saddam Hussein. Saddam was tried, convicted and sentenced to death in an Iraqi judicial system. He met his fate, the hangman’s noose, just before dawn Iraqi time. The issue of Iraq has arguably become the most polarizing issues in recent United States history. Without a doubt, all sides of the political spectrum will try to use the death of