Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Terasem Movement Foundation, Inc. is housed in a regal Victorian on the northwestern corner of the town green in Bristol. You can stand on the front porch and gaze at the gazebo where the Addison County village has Wednesday … Continue reading →

The first column I wrote was about George Steinbrenner, the Yankee owner and baseball icon who died Tuesday of a heart attack. It was 1985, and I was living in Brooklyn. Steinbrenner had just fired Yogi Berra as Yankee skipper … Continue reading →

This summer is the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s poignant, powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Today is, in fact, the 50-year anniversary. The book was published July 11, 1960. I own a first edition hardcover, which might … Continue reading →

Today is the day when we celebrate the way Adams, Jefferson, and Washington managed to proclaim U.S. independence in 1776 without blowing up a single mailbox — some thing that hasn’t occurred on any Fourth of July in America since. I … Continue reading →