“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance, it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” Can …
Ah, the indignities of aging. It was more than 11 years ago and on the other side of the country when I had my first colonoscopy. I had suffered from a small amount of bleeding in a place humans aren’t supposed to bleed, and I had turned 60. Those were two pretty good reasons, and …
666,141 822,432, Two interesting numbers. Try to guess what they represent. If you follow the news, you might have a clue that the second one is the most recent total of the number of Americans who have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago. The first one isn’t as easy, …
“Sous les paves, la plage …” When my wife and I talk about 1968, it becomes apparent very quickly that what happened in France was far more significant than what happened here. I’m not talking about historical events. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy had a horrible, long-lasting effect on our country, …
“What a year we’re having …” Actually, Eugene Levy’s great line in the 1984 movie “Splash” was him moaning about what a week he was having, but as the bizarre year 2021 draws to a close, the expansion seems legitimate if not entirely appropriate. It has certainly been a year of negatives, starting with the …
I’m not sure why things sort of pop into my mind from time to time, but they do. I first saw “Peggy Sue Got Married” in Denver in October 1986, and while I have seen it numerous times since then, one particular exchange came to mind today. Peggy Sue finds herself 25 years in the …
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I had to drive to Atlanta Monday morning, and I got a nasty surprise when I tried to leave our community by the main entrance. The road heading both in and out of Sun City Peachtree was blocked, with yellow crime scene tape stretched across the road. So I had to reverse course and leave …
I suppose I ought to be a little embarrassed that I had never heard of Taylor Swift until 2015. It was February that year and my wife, my son and I went to a concert at Symphony Hall in Atlanta. The performer was Jackie Evancho, whose genre is called classical crossover. She was just 14 …
I think it’s time to stop being hypocritical and to start calling Republicans criminals. Mike … Yes, I know it’s overly dramatic, but it is increasingly obvious that the people on the right have gone beyond political disagreements and have reached the point where they will sabotage America and hurt Americans if they think it …
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Some folks might be surprised to learn the battle between Jesus and Santa has been going on a lot longer than they realize. The first memories I have of Christmas go back to the mid 1950s, and there were plenty of people whining about the overcommercialization of Christmas, arguing that Christ was the only legitimate …
