The American author Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) is distinguished for her strong and sensitive evocations of prairie life in the twilight years of the midwestern frontier. Her poetic sensibility was in sharp contrast to the naturalistic and Freudian-i...
Willa Cather is an outstanding example of a writer whose work is deeply rooted in a sense of place and at the same time universal in its treatment of theme and character. The corner of earth that she is best known for depicting is Nebraska, where she liv...
Willa Cather is a splendid example of a writer whose work is deeply rooted in a sense of place and at the same time universal in its treatment of theme and character. The corner of earth that she is best known for depicting is the Nebraska where she live...
One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather which won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a native of Nebraska around the turn of the 20th century. The son of a successful mid-western farmer and an intensely pious...
Texas banker Don Powell takes over the reins at FDIC On August 29, 2001, Amarillo banker Donald E. Powell was sworn in as the 18th Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. - just 15 years after his bank topped a list of...
In "The Battle of His Life" on page 204, we tell the story of MUSCLE &L FITNESS contributor Chris Aceto's five-year battle with cancer. I first met Chris in 1992, and from the get-go, I think he would agree (unless one of us was...
Homeland Security: Some say America's not fertile ground for jihadists, that all the radicals are overseas. The arrest of two Muslims near a South Carolina Naval base with pipe bombs reminds us such thinking is wishful.Two college students from Tampa -- Ahmed Mohamed and Yousef...
Less than two years ago, Andy Stern led a break away from the AFL-CIO and helped form the "Change to Win Coalition."The president of the Service Employees International Union wanted to focus more on recruiting new members and less on party politics, and the union...
