Will the real USA please stand up?

Leo 2016 President Obama recently said “It’s not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice – about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government.” He was, of course, talking about the upcoming 2016 US elections. Since there …

Amy was only 27

Leo 2011   Amy Winehouse sent shock and grief though the world recently when she died at age 27 on July 23rd this year. A waste of a brilliant talent and a sad life you may think, as I do, although others may think differently, believing it was all self-inflicted. Apart from studying her short but fully-lived life, what was …