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There are so many things that divide us. The sources of our divisions are often deep-seated and irreconcilable, and they are all not of recent origin. Many have been formed decades ago. It seems fitting to start with one of … Continue reading →

I never got the stupidity of Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. This is where the left loses me. It’s not Un-American to wish someone Merry Christmas, and it shouldn’t be offensive either and, if you are, tough shit. I’m … Continue reading →

More than forty years ago, when we had a Republican President who obstructed justice, there were members of the Republican Party who were die-hard Nixon supporters. Nevertheless, they convinced him to step down when impeachment was an eventual reality. These … Continue reading →

If we still remembered history, we would know the poignancy of the word infamy. Those of us who are boomers cannot hear or read the word without thinking of FDR’s speech following the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December … Continue reading →

The Thanksgiving-Christmas Holidays often inspire thoughts of loved ones who have left us. You miss these people every day, but the holidays seem to bring memories to vivid life. Yesterday, as my wife Eileen and I were getting the last … Continue reading →

Hopefully, the retailers of America took in the billions they so desperately need to transform their ledgers from red to black. It is good for America to have a booming holiday gift-buying economy. Where the American motto once declared, “What’s … Continue reading →

    I wrote the following for Thanksgiving 2019. Reading it again made me laugh and cry just thinking about what a simple time it was just one year ago. Well, here we are again soon to be assembled round … Continue reading →

The Christmas Season has begun in earnest. We went to the mall today, and, despite the temperature, a distinct hint of Christmas was in the air. There were stacks of firewood ready for you to put in your fireplace, presuming … Continue reading →

In 1890, Jacob Riis published “How The Other Half Lives: How It Lives And Dies In New York”. The book documented with pictures and accounts of the poor in New York City. In 1962 Michael Harrington published “The Other America” … Continue reading →

I was in a big box store on September 26th. I took a picture of Christmas trees and other decorations memorializing the beginning of the Christmas Season…a few weeks after Labor Day. I was still wearing white. Nevertheless, the early … Continue reading →