Destination: Adventure

On September 6, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. No, really, he did – this was the day, all those years ago, that he left the last port in the Canary Islands before crossing the Atlantic. 30 years later, on September 6, 1522, the Victoria, the only surviving ship in Magellan’s expedition, returned to [...]

L’etat, L’ecole et L’eglise

Right now, Haiti is news. But how long will it last? In this day and age of the 24-hour, 7-days-a-week news cycle, how long will it take for us to become bored and tired of yet another Haiti story? … Last Monday, almost no one was talking about Haiti. In the week since, it’s been [...]

Never Give Up! Never Surrender!

In the brilliant 1999 film, Galaxy Quest, one of the oft-repeated taglines was “Never give up! Never surrender!” It’s a great tagline, especially when dealing with aliens, rock monsters and the unknown possibilities of the Omega 13. But it’s a pretty good philosophy for the rest of us to have as well. How many times [...]