With Good Reason

Wanna know how to write a good short story? Take a lesson from Kurt Vonnegut. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  

  Schools closed for years in Prince Edward County as part of “Massive Resistance.”

Unloading camels, Port Augusta, 1890s

To read more about Brenda Davy’s study, visit CNN’s report.

To read blog entries John de Graaf has written for The Huffington Post, visit its website here.

For more information on dynamic ticket pricing, read ESPN’s interview with Stephen Shapiro.

Learn more about Books Behind Bars programs like The Quest Institute, which is also based in Charlottesville and which has sent thousands of books to prisons, jails, and correctional centers across the nation every year for more than 25 years.  You can also listen to an interview with founder Kay Allison about the program.

To read about Mark Twain’s travels in, views of, and relationship with Russia, visit this section of the Twain Quotes website.

For an overview of the Total Artificial Heart, watch this video.

Watch “Frances Wessels: A Portrait of 88 Years” here.