[Travis McGee]

"A" for effort. I hope it goes somewhere.

[goldstategop]

We need to seriously revive the classics in this country. The world famous Penguin Classics paperback series is a good place to start. Any one can afford to build up a library of world literature that will last a lifetime.

[Born in a Rage]

We own the book "Sam the Minuteman". Sadly, it doesn't surprise me that not one kid knew what a minuteman was. They learn very little history in the elementary grades at public schools. I remember asking my nephew, who was in 6th grade at the time, what a Minuteman was (my son was studying the American Revolution in kindergarten and the subject came up) - he had no idea. It's a shame, it really is :-(