Faire Le Pont

In French, faire le pont literally translates to “to make the bridge,” but it’s really an idiom that means “to take a long weekend.” If we were in the United Kingdom or Ireland, this weekend would be referred to as a “bank holiday” weekend, so named because the first hour official state-sponsored holidays (think government [...]

A Bard by Any Other Name

My freshman year of high school, a particularly frightening nun / English teacher (who delighted in finding the smallest infractions in her students) would make those unlucky enough to escape her glare memorize and recite the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as part of their punishment. (This particular task was set because all of [...]

State of the Mer

“He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” – Article II, Section 3, United States Constitution Last week, the President spoke to Congress and the American people about the state of our [...]