HAPPY NEW YEAR! (TAKE TWO)
One of my new year's resolutions was to write a weekly blog, in addition to the daily tidbits of history/humor and the annual Christmas...
ONCE A BUM...
Two years ago, Major League Baseball (MLB) removed the All-Star game from Atlanta due to Georgia's enacting a voting law that civil...
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
I'm a little confused. I recently read that the George Washington University athletic department was changing the team name from the...
AMAZING ARTIFACTS
I've always been blown away holding or seeing close up a priceless historical treasure. For example, if you visit the Smithsonian Air and...
TECHNOLOGY AS A CURSE
I was in the supermarket check out line last week when disaster struck. Actually it didn't seem that bad to me, but from the store...
A SIMPLE Rx FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Much has been written about the crisis in parochial school education, what with declining enrollment, school closures and burgeoning...
DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO
The Supreme Court has been in the news lately and not in a good way, due to alleged ethics violations. Congress is up in arms over...
AN INDUSTRY CRYING OUT FOR REGULATION
The older I get, the more libertarian I become. Let people live how they please without government regulation, as long as no one gets...
LOCK THEM UP
Having recently filed my own taxes, I was intrigued to read in the news that President Biden released his own federal and state income...
SHE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE
Actually she (or he) doesn't. Tickets don't exist anymore. I used to keep selected ticket stubs. They're memorabilia; for a reader like...
