Manzanar: Both Sides Now

America, California, North America, Travel

Revisionist history once was associated with Soviet Russia, where leaders repeatedly erased the names of disfavored revolutionaries like Trotsky and Malenkov from the nation’s collective memory and airbrushed rivals from old photos. Today it is increasingly prevalent in the United States. One organization you might expect to dispense unadulterated history is the National Park Service, but its “interpreters” readily inject p.c. bias. Certainly this is the case at the Manzanar National Historic Site in California’s Eastern Sierra…

Montreal

America, History, North America, Travel

Montreal is 375-Years Old and is Hosting a Year Long Birthday Party By Jacqueline Swartz Montreal is celebrating its 375th birthday this year. The French-Canadian city on the St Lawrence River has long been known for its festivals, including the dramatic, mostly outdoor Festival of Lights in freezing February. But this year will be special.…

Branson entertainment and Ozark values attract all faiths, creeds and cultures

America, North America

  Branson Entertainment and Ozark values attract all faiths, creeds and cultures by David DeVoss When I told neighbors in Los Angeles that I was going to Branson, Missouri. their facial reactions embodied the word consternation. “Isn’t that the Christian country place,” they responded nervously, attempting to elicit information without giving offense. “Why not just…

Hard Work U

America, Dispatch, North America

Hard Work U By David DeVoss Both Democratic presidential candidates believe higher education in America should be free at public colleges and universities. Neither is forthcoming, unfortunately, on how to pay for this massive entitlement. Nor have they hinted that students should work campus jobs or give a year of community service in return for…

Back From Bankruptcy

America, Business, North America

Detroit Emerges from Bankruptcy, but Recovery will take Years By David DeVoss For close to a century the Forest Arms apartments was one of the most prestigious addresses on Detroit’s near Westside. But by the start of this decade Detroit’s declining population, municipal mismanagement and foundering economy had left the building reminiscent post-war Berlin The…

How Dry I Am

America, California, North America

How Dry I Am By David DeVoss After four years of drought it has come to this: California’s politicians are trying to convince Los Angeles residents to drink treated sewage. Toilet to Tap is no joke. The idea was floated 20 years ago during the last serious drought, but foundered on the fact that recycled…