Robert May was born in 1905 in New York. His family was affluent and Jewish but Robert had no religious preference. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Dartmouth with a degree in psychology. He became a believer in the work of Alfred Adler, and this became an...
George Cory and Douglass Cross met in the military and developed a relationship devoted to songwriting. After the military, they moved to New York City hoping to make a breakthrough on Tin Pan Alley. They had little success. Both longed to return to their hometown of...
As the 350th anniversary of democracy in America approached, Peyton Chen decided to initiate her own democracy project. She created a website where she invited her friends from her various social media sites to share a story of how they contribute to American...
Martha Gellhorn lived a life of contrasts. She was a pacifist but was also considered one of the greatest war correspondents of our time. Martha attended college but never graduated. She wanted to be a journalist and didn’t see that having a college degree was...
It began as a simple letter to the editor of a local newspaper. The first lines of the letter began: “God Bless America. That’s my favorite song. It was written by an immigrant to America who was placed in a holding pen when he arrived at Ellis Island from Russia. He...
Franklin Roosevelt grew up with an elitist aura. He had big dreams but at the age of 39 was stricken with polio. Fueled by a determination that few people could maintain, he fought to sustain his dreams. The key moment in his physical and human rehabilitation was a...
