Bill Hughes, Author at Baltimore Post-Examiner

Our Quito Ecuador, Amazon River and Galapagos Islands Experience

My wife, Ann, and I, landed in Quito, Ecuador, on February 15, 2015, for a 16-day tour. The city rises

“If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog!” That was just one of Harry S. Truman’s more memorable

When I was growing up in South Baltimore’s Locust Point, a working-class area back in the post-WWII era, one of

Film director Oliver Stone is in a class by himself. He has dared to go into the political minefields where

Remember this song: And the sign said “Long-haired freaky people need not apply” So I tucked my hair up under

The late Branch Rickey was a baseball icon. He was former part-owner of a National League team, the fabled Brooklyn

“The times they are a-changin” – Bob Dylan The United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Taney survived the Japanese’s sneak

I’m a big fan of Ernest Hemingway. When the movie about his sojourn south of the border, “Papa Hemingway in

Alexander Hamilton was one of the primary architects of the American Republic. At the moment, he’s never been more popular.

Back in the late 50s, I made my first trip to New York City, aka “The Big Apple.” To make