Jan Nowak-Jeziorański 1913 – 2005
My fate forever remains bound to the fate of my country Jan Nowak-Jeziorański has passed away. Our distinguished countryman, true hero, great moral authority, a man entirely dedicated to his country, departed on his final mission on January 20, 2005 at the age of 92. He was buried with honors in his native soil at […]
Twentieth Century Changes
In The Clarinet Polka, a novel about Polish Americans in a town very similar to Wheeling, West Virginia, the author Keith Maillard describes an encounter between two Polish Americans. The son of a working class Polish family living in the town’s Polish neighborhood pays a visit to a family that arrived after World War II […]
The Tragedy of W. S. Kuniczak
Wieslaw S. Kuniczak, born in Lwow in 1930, died on September 20 at Quakertown Hospital near Philadelphia at the age of seventy. We may be to close to his death to sum up his literary heritage. (…) His opus magnum is monumental trilogy consisting of The Thousand Hour Day, The March and Valedictory. The initial […]
Polish Neighborhoods
Many readers of the Forum are familiar with the story of Cleveland Poles. Polish immigrants came to the United States, settled in neighborhoods near others from their homeland, worked in the mills and factories, and built institutions to serve their community, many of which are still around today. But most of us today talk about […]
FREE OF CHARGE
Is it possible to receive health care in the United States for free? The easy answer to that question would be: no. Those who have health insurance thanks to their employer are fortunate. It’s also possible to buy insurance, but this can cost several hundred dollars per month. In the 1980s there arose the romantic […]