Friday,
October
10
, 2008
04
:46
pm
If the battle for the presidency comes down to how the West is won, New Mexico's large Hispanic and Latino electorate could tip the vote...
In the 1860s, despite increasing westward expansion, many Americans still had not seen images of the frontier. Imagine, then, gazing into Albert Bierstadt’s 84-square-foot oil-on-canvas paean to Manifest Destiny, A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie. It’s at the Brooklyn Museum, and in this video at SundayArts online.
For many people, a backyard garden is a place to play, relax, and reflect. But for the plants and animals that live in our gardens, life is no picnic: amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world of hot romance, violence, and merciless competition.