Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856) Born into slavery, Washington was freedfollowing the US Civil War and went on tobecome one of the nation’s most prominentleaders and educators. He built Alabama’sTuskegee Institute into a leading African-American educational institution, withprograms emphasizing vocational training. […]

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of afool than he is. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

variegate Definition: (verb) Make something more diverse and varied. Synonyms: vary Usage: After the third consecutive dinner of mashedpotatoes, we began to hope that the cook wouldbegin to variegate the menu.

Bettina von Arnim (1785) A German writer, von Arnim also spent timeas a composer, singer, visual artist, patron ofyoung talent, and social activist. However, sheis perhaps best known for the company shekept. She formed friendships with Goethe andBeethoven, among other […]

On March 13th, good Samaritan Paulin Bujaj helped save a sleeping family from a house fire.  So, on March 29th, Mr. Bujaj was honored by both Albanian American Open Hand Association President Aleksandr Nilaj and Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for his bravery.     […]

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor canhuman frailty subsist without some lawfulrecreation. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

haversack Definition: (noun) A bag carried over one shoulder to transportsupplies, as on a hike. Synonyms: backpack, knapsack Usage: She carried the heavy haversack for most of thehike.

George Herbert (1593) Herbert was a British metaphysical poet,ordained priest and rector, and CambridgeUniversity orator. His poetry was entirelyunpublished at the time of his death and wasbequeathed to Nicholas Ferrar, who had thecollection published as The Temple in 1633.The poems […]

Kings are not born: they are made by artificialhallucination. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)