I’m grateful to my children for raising me. I know it wasn’t always easy for them and I often disappointed them along the way, but I’ve always loved them from the moment my first child made her appearance one November afternoon in 1977. I was 27, and as I look…

I was born in the shadow of World War II. Each year, June 6, was a day everyone stopped and remembered this day in 1944. …

Today is a day we should set aside partisan politics and come together as a nation to honor those who died in war defending our freedom. When we ask how many American soldiers have died in war it is a surprisingly hard question to answer. We can only estimate since…

As Americans, we have a responsibility to remember our fellow citizens who gave their lives in wars. Vietnam was my generation’s war. It wasn’t romanticized by Hollywood like my parent’s war, World War II. It was an unpopular conflict although, for the life of me, I don’t comprehend why some…

How Many Presidents of the USA Were Progressives? You can read the answer at the end of this article. We read the word progressive a lot these days. It’s a great word from a marketing standpoint. After all, who doesn’t like progress? …

Today marks a year without Donald Trump in power. I think we need to acknowledge and thank former Vice President Mike Pence for reclaiming a modicum of personal dignity and bearing in the Trump Administration’s waning days. …

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The man we honor is different from the man struck down by an assassin nearly 54 years ago. It seems like it was just yesterday, and already more than a half-century has passed. I was seventeen years old, and a few months away from graduating from High School the day James Earl Ray struck down Dr. King. I was home from school on that day. I had contracted…

Porn is moving into my large community group on Facebook. With 17,300+ members and Facebook is turning a blind eye. The group has become the community square for a county of 100,000 residents. The area shares news, events, and ideas. The group brings people together to help strengthen the community. …

The newest member of my social media blocked list is someone from my GOP days. While it seems like a lifetime ago that I was prancing around in local GOP parades, helping Republican candidates raise money, and lobbying for the party agenda in Washington, it wasn’t that long ago. I…