Six months before Johannes Erben’s death, he watched a movie about surfers from Hawaii. An avid surfer and snowboarder himself, he was touched by one scene in particular: a paddle-out…
OTTAWA — You can make out Canadians’ reputation for modesty in their capital, a city that has largely avoided erecting anything you might call monumental. None of Ottawa’s landmarks are…
It’s all bunk, National Park Service Ranger Michael Kelly told me during a recent visit. “It’s not a fact.” There are 57 steps at the Lincoln Memorial; Lincoln was 56…
February 2, 2014 – Super Bowl XLVIII is played at the New York/New Jersey MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos 43-8, for…
NEW YORK — A makeshift Staten Island memorial for Eric Garner — the 43-year-old black man who died this summer after being put into a fatal chokehold by a white…
As events across the nation honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his nationally recognized holiday, admirers and activists celebrating King’s legacy in Washington D.C. shared their own tributes at…