Nothing against the Irish, but I've always considered taking part in non-American cultural celebrations as sort of dumb. I didn't grow up knocking pinatas off of tree branches or pounding steins of terrible dark beer in October either.
George H.W. Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation from Monday through Wednesday.
Seventeen years ago today our country, and the world, changed when the World Trade Center towers fell. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day – on the planes, in the towers, at the Pentagon.
Today is a day we celebrate all of our past and present soldiers. The sacrifices these men and women have made for our country is truly amazing. We don't always realize that some celebrities are also veterans.
1. Willie Nelson was enlisted in the Air Force in 1950. He wanted to be a pilot but he was medically discharged nine months later because of a bad back.
With recent information stating the demise of the DVD within the next 5 years, it comes as a big surprise to me that the majority of Americans still own a VCR.
According to LiveScience, about 60% of eligible voters will vote in the election today. And that's VERY low compared to the rest of the free world. Of 169 countries with free elections, the U.S. ranks 120th in voter turnout. There are two reasons why.
Wonder why every time you visit a major American landmark it's swarmed with foreign tourists? It's because American tourists don't ever visit.
A new survey by WebProNews and Hotwire.com found the majority of Americans haven't been to five of this country's major, important landmarks. Check it out . . .
72% of Americans have never visited the Alamo.
This seems like an awful lot of effort to figure out that Americans like cars and junk food.
A company called NetBase analyzed 2.7 Billion Facebook, Twitter, and other social media messages looking for the phrase "I want." Then they collected data on what people said they wanted.