Growing Up American:

Summer Vacation 1939

The year 1939 was a seminal time for America and the world. Hitler was negotiating a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, while simultaneously planning the invasion of Poland. War was on the horizon, but Americans were struggling to revive themselves from the Great Depression. Desperate for entertainment, they filled movie theaters to see a plethora of cinematic

The Last Voice You Hear

 

By Susan D. Harris


Something always rubs me the wrong way when people tell us that hard times draw us closer together and teach us what is really important in our lives. "We've lost the country, at least we've got each other." There is something inherently defeatist and depressing about that; accepting defeat, especially unfair defeat, is a hard pill to swallow.