Each December, my thoughts turn to a baby boy born to a single mother in the most humble of circumstances. He would grow up to be a fine man with ideas that would go on to benefit and change the world ...

Shakespeare noted “The uncertain glory of an April day” in “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” but there is no uncertainty about the glory of his April 23 birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. Aren’t we ...

Happy 248 birthday to the United States Marine Corps! It was founded Nov. 10, 1775, in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pa. The third stanza of the Marine hymn: If the Army and the Navy look on heaven ...

Once again it's that time to wish a Happy, Heavenly Birthday to singer Frank Sinatra (born Dec. 12, 1915 in Hoboken, N.J.) celebrating his 106th birthday! Join me and celebrity music artists, jazz/pop ...

I was pleased to see that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) had reached its 50th birthday. Not too long before it was enacted, I was a boy wandering the exhibits in the American Museum of Natural ...