Magellan's story is one instance where the old adage "the victor gets to write history" rings true. The PBS History website and Spanish movies like "1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines" depict the Filipinos as uncivilized thankless primitives. From Western perspectives, the Spaniards were the cultured benefactors who came to save the Filipinos from their ignorance. From the Filipino's viewpoint, the Spaniards were the oppressors. The Spanish monks sworn to celibacy were notorious to have families on the side.

In Colonial America, Christmas was essentially a day of Spiritual observance. Carols were sung and church bells rang out to celebrate the commemoration of Christ's birth. Early Americans decorated evergreen trees with things from nature and homemade items. Christmas was a warm, family experience for Colonial America.

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TRAVEL NEWS STUFF Today, around 4,000 people still live on floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca in Peru. Photograph courtesy of Alex Brouwer. I HAVEN’T BEEN EVERYWHERE, BUT IT’S ON MY LIST. – Susan Sontag Nearly Half of Americans Believe Their Health Insurance Would Cover Them if They Got Sick or Hurt on International Vacation — But It’s Not That …

Leadership coaching benefits more than just the leader of an organization. The direct impact of leadership coaching helps the leader, board and organization to become healthier and more effective. With over forty years of experience coaching leaders and organizations, Dr. Kathy Allen reflects on the Benefits and Outcomes of Coaching in her newest blog post.  What to Cook: Onion burgers, chicken tortilla …

This is considered the "classic" Peruvian music. They're the songs every artist has continued making and performing year after year.

When did women start wearing trousers? The short answer is in prehistory, and there have been many civilizations throughout human history that have survived the ‘scandal’ of its women wearing trouser-like garments.

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures. But for all of his prevalence in culture—namely the holiday held on the day of his death that bears his name—his life remains somewhat of a mystery. 

Leonard Maltin on “Our City Tonight” Click image to watch video Traveling Yesterday & Today HealthCareInsider.com surveyed over 1,180 U.S. adults on current COVID attitudes and the return to normalcy. Passengers in St. Louis board a chartered bus to Fort Worth, Texas. Photograph courtesy of Charles O’Rear, 1941(NARA record: 3403717). 34% of Americans say they are already comfortable traveling32% of …

My dream was about to become a reality. Based in Los Angeles, I was used to taunts from my otherwise wonderful East Coast friends, who were never shy about battering me with people in Southern California don’t know what REAL pizza is. Though I had eaten my way through New York, Boston and Philly in the past and had sampled their delicious pies – I would ask them countless times why it was a REAL pizza and others were not.