"She faced so many challenges head-on and she was a survivor through everything. The only thing she couldn’t overcome was a bullet."Mark PerryWolf 926F, known as “Spitfire.”
Six years ago, one of Yellowstone National Park’s most beloved wild wolves was killed by a trophy hunter. Now, that wolf’s equally beloved daughter has suffered the same fate.
In late November, an unspecified trophy hunter killed wolf 926F (popularly known as “Spitfire”), the daughter of wolf 832F (popularly known as “06,” after the year of her birth), according to Montana wildlife officials who spoke with The New York Times. Read More...
“Most of them are here to satisfy curiosity or a macabre, but harmless, interest in the school. For a small group of others, there is a potential threat to do harm.”Steve Starr/CORBIS/Corbis/Getty ImagesStudents running out of Columbine High following the massacre. April 20, 1999.
The Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999 quickly became a focal point of America’s nationwide discussion over a range of issues such as gun control and violence in entertainment. Read More...
Hemingway’s 1923 passport photo. Source: Congressional Archives
In his memoir A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway recalls what he told himself when he felt he couldn’t write:
“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, ‘Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.’ So finally I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there. Read More...
