… that these dead shall not have died in vain. Abraham Lincoln As a young boy in Oil City, Pennsylvania, I marched in our annual Memorial Day parade with my Cub Scout troop. It was a Read more »
Constitution Day, 2011
I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore! Howard Beale Network The options considered by the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were broad. What kind of government were we to have? Read more »
Memorial Day 2011
… that these dead shall not have died in vain. Abraham Lincoln From the The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, May 18, 2011 North Charleston soldier killed in Afghanistan A soldier from North Charleston — whose Read more »
Constitution Day, 2009
You lie. Joe Wilson Congressman, South Carolina The debate over health-care reform in America is being dominated by two extreme political factions. Ideologues on the far left threaten to torpedo any bill that fails to have a Read more »
Memorial Day, 2007
How many times must we tell the tale? How many times must we fall? Eric Clapton This week brought two provocative items across my desk. One was a news report of the recent Pew poll showing that Read more »
Holiday Season, 2006
Peace on Earth. Good will to all. Christmas Blessing In 1956, nine years into the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower launched a cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union. His goal was to forge a bond of Read more »
September 11, 2006
These are the times that try men’s souls. Thomas Paine December 23, 1776 On October 13, 1998, less than five years before 9/11, I landed in Dubai, one of five Kingdoms making up the United Arab Emirates. Read more »
Memorial Day, 2006
It is for us the living … to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us … that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last Read more »