American Culture

Sat, Sept 12, 2026:

• He was cleaning his garage. Then he found a file marked ‘SECRET…’ The 80-year-old, onionskin pages were mostly handwritten, first-person accounts by American prisoners of war, or POWs, describing their experiences in Nazi captivity during World War II. - WP

Sun, Sept 6, 2026:

• The nanny state gone crazy: Mother in VA convicted for allowing her 5-year-old son to walk a half mile to a neighborhood pond. - WP

• I worked at Ground Zero. This question still haunts me. Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, the enormity of the loss lingers. - WP / McArdle

Thurs, Sept 3, 2026:

• Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92. She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. - NYT

Tues, Aug 25, 2026:

• Dolly Parton Had the Voice, and Concerns, of an Earth Angel. Parton gave hopeful expression to songs she wrote about the hard times and hard-won triumphs of her life. - NYT