American Dreams from Rome and Serbia

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The American Dream of Justice and Freedom of Religion

Some people define the American Dream as justice for all, and freedom of speech and religion.

Keep your eyes open in New York City (and everywhere else, for that matter) and you see weird and wonderful things.  Many of them are related to the American Dream.

A Roman centurion sits guard over the Appellate Courthouse near Madison Square Park.  "Justice for all" in in our Pledge of Allegiance. According to our Judeo-Christian heritage, we need to provide it to Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Muslims, aliens on our shores.

The doorway to St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral on West 25th Street in the historic Chelsea district.  See interior views at nyc-architecture.com  Learn about its fabulous organ.

When do you plan to visit NYC again? Tell me in the comments section, and I'll try to meet you!

Unleash the Genius of the American People

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I appreciated the opportunity to see how others in the Americas live, as you'll see below.  We are wildly blessed in the United States, and I think it's because of the Judeo-Christian values the country was founded on, which most of our people have tried to live out.  God's respect for the individual as portrayed in the Bible is the source of our Constitutional freedoms, which unleashed the genius of the American people.  We need country-wide to practice those same values of work, generosity to those in need, and worship of Creator God to unleash our genius again.

The Caribbean from within the national park in Cahuita, Costa Rica. We saw white-faced and howler monkeys, an alligator, a boat-billed heron, raccoons and a black bird with yellow feet and bill that might have been a toucan.  Also some lovely butterflies.  We looked diligently for sloths but for some reason they never caught our eye.

Somebody parked a trailer and left it too long in Cahuita.

Typical Cahuita houses.  Colorful, minimal.