Some of the fondest memories of my childhood came in a library. I always thought it was an old Carnegie Library, one of the 2,509 built in the U.S. with grants from the richest man in the world. It turns out Crestline, Ohio, wasn’t on the list, but the library there — whoever built it …
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Are there still summer songs? I don’t know, but if there aren’t songs that sing of the sweetness of summer, of sunny days, balmy nights and the girls on the beach, it would be a real shame. Because there’s nothing like a summer song to help you rejoice in the time that stretches through June, …
Some people are heroes without most people ever knowing it. In the summer and fall of 2014, my brilliant scientist wife seemed to be slipping into a form of dementia. In fact, that fall after several tests, she was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, which combines aspects of Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s. Our doctors told …
For Lee Millette, his chance to shine in his chosen profession came with the eyes of the entire world on him. There are probably few things more difficult than presiding over a trial in which the defendant is at risk for the death penalty. Add to that the fact that it’s a high-profile trial, one …
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If a politician makes a moronic remark, one that leaves you wondering what they could possibly have been thinking, odds are the terms Republican and MAGA are in the picture somewhere. There have been two pretty good examples just this week. Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin got drunk in his office Wednesday night and …
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Arbeit macht frei. One of history’s great lies, it was a sign across the main gate entering Auschwitz. It’s German, and it loosely translates as “work makes you free.” Auschwitz was, of course, most horrific of the Nazi death camps, and more than 1.1 million people were murdered there between 1939 and 1945. More than …
When I saw some of the examples of horrific temperatures around the world, one in particular caught my attention. Tunis, on the northern coast of Africa, had a high of 118 degrees fahrenheit on Monday. I can almost hear your response. Well, duh. It is Africa, and to quote Sarah Palin, Africa is a very …
Do you have the first book you ever owned? I kind of doubt that I do, because none of the books I own were of the Little Golden Books variety, and I know I read some of those when I was very young. But it may be possible I have the first real book I …
‘”Slaves developed sequels that in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefits.” Who knew chattel slavery was such a good thing? Guidelines in Florida for teaching America history to middle-school students say children need to learn that their ancestors who owned black slaves cared so much about seeing that those slaves had good …
It was January 1972 and it was a song unlike anything we had ever heard before. Most of us were still listening to AM radio, unless we had eight-track tape players in our cars so that we could hear what we wanted when we wanted to hear it. We were just past the end of …
