Karl Landsteiner (1868) Landsteiner was an Austrian-born American medical researcher who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the four basic human blood groups—A, B, O, and AB—which enabled the first successful blood […]

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

forgo Definition: (verb) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. Synonyms: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish Usage: The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my […]

Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40 CE) Agricola was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain, where he was made consul and governor after a distinguished military and political career. He pacified most of the territory, conquering […]

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

windpipe Definition: (noun) Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. Synonyms: trachea Usage: Poisonous vapors … crept like evil spirits over the ship, stealing into the nostrils and windpipes of the unwary […]

PLEASE JOIN US “Our 5th Annual Peace Walk” June 20th 5:30 PM corner of Astor & Wallace Avenue “We Are Better Together” — Pastor Jay A. Gooding, Sr.

Eddie Adams (1933) Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer and photojournalist noted for his war coverage and portraits of celebrities and politicians, began his career as a combat photographer during the Korean War. His best known photograph, a harrowing image […]

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)

illusionist Definition: (noun) Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. Synonyms: conjurer, magician, prestidigitator Usage: The illusionist snapped his fingers and was suddenly holding a dove, much to the delight of his adoring audience. Discuss.

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847) An English suffragist and social reformer, Fawcett rejected the violent acts of some of her contemporaries in the suffrage movement, believing that the enfranchisement of women could be achieved by peaceful means. Her efforts as […]

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. Mark Twain (1835-1910)