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Travel: Kauai
While all of the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago are beautiful and have their own attractions, Kauai might just be the most...
Read MoreFood: Tabasco Sauce
This is the third hot sauce to make this list (Texas Pete, April 16, 2009, and Blind Betty’s, February 27, 2010), so you can...
Read MoreSports: Bonnie Blair
Maybe you’ve seen the kids at the shopping center, raising money to go to a national tournament, or to sports camp. Maybe they...
Read MoreTV Show: The Larry Sanders Show
Each time I watched The Larry Sanders Show, I had the same thought: I wonder how close this is to reality? And I always concluded:...
Read MorePoet: Robert Frost
Who’s the greatest American poet? Experts might nominate Longfellow … Dickinson … Whitman … Cummings. I’d no doubt go...
Read MoreAlbum: Saturday Night Fever
It’s just the soundtrack of a period movie, remembered primarily for John Travolta walking down the street in the opening...
Read MoreSong: "I Will Always Love You"
Most of us associate this song with Whitney Houston, which is only natural: Her version is one of only a handful of singles that have sold...
Read MorePerson: Harry Houdini
Houdini’s first trick was to escape his name — Erich Weiss. I don’t know why, but you don’t expect the most amazing...
Read MoreTravel: Florida's Overseas Highway
To me, building bridges is one of man’s most amazing feats. To build the infrastructure underwater needed to support traffic is...
Read MoreFilm: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Paul Newman (Great American Things, May 17, 2009) and Robert Redford starred in just two films together — this one and The Sting...
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