From a tiny Tennessee cabin to a global legacy of music, kindness, books, and big dreams Some lives seem almost too extraordinary to fit into one story. Dolly Parton’s was one of them. Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. She […]
“Immigrants contribute mightily to the economy, by paying billions in annual taxes, by filling low-wage jobs that keep domestic industry competitive, and by spurring investment and job-creation, revitalizing once-decaying communities.” That’s what a summary of important research shows about unemployment and immigration. Such famous immigrants as actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, physicist Albert Einstein, and […]
Pete Seeger died this week. That’s obviously not good news although, at the age of 94, seems natural enough. So who was Pete Seeger? According to The New York Times obituary, he was a “singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both […]
