Do the names “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” ring a bell? They are the code names of the two
atomic bombs that Harry Truman dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan to end
WWII. They were loaded onto B-29’s
on the small pacific island if Tinian, a few miles south of Saipan. My...
I like my
job, so I'm very much enjoying what I'm doing and I've really liked
getting to experience a different style of justice system. The system
is of course American, and the "innocent until proven guilty" theory
still operates, but little details are different, like how the...
Guam, as it turns out, is beautiful. It takes a long time to get here, but once you get here, its worth it.
I
spent my first couple of days venturing out in the morning to explore
the island, then I would sleep for most of the rest of the day. I
found some truly beautiful places...
All things on the island seem to have a polar opposite literally around the corner. Run down, crowded, and polluted city roads lead to isolated white sand beaches that one would expect to find on the front of a postcard. A radio station plays gangsta rap on Saturday night and...
6 DAYS UNTIL I DEPART For the past six or seven summers, I have had opportunities to travel to various locations around the world for work and studies. Some of the areas include Barcelona, Costa Rica, Vienna, Prague, Guatemala City, and Norway. Why travel so much? Experience...