… 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 »
- November 24, 2011 -
Thanksgiving, 2011
These are the times that try men’s souls. Thomas Paine The skies remain dark this Thanksgiving. The greatest economic recession since the great depression is entering its fourth year. Sixteen percent of workers are either unemployed or Read more »
- July 4, 2011 -
Independence Day, 2011
You give the appearance of one widely traveled, I’ll bet you’ve seen things in your time. So sit down beside me and tell me your story, If you think you’ll like yesterday’s wine. Willie Nelson According to Read more »
- May 30, 2011 -
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 »
- May 27, 2010 -
Memorial Day, 2010
… that these dead shall not have died in vain Four score and seven years before Abraham Lincoln spoke these words at Gettysburg, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and Read more »
- September 17, 2009 -
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 »
- July 4, 2009 -
Independence Day, 2009
Great oaks from tiny acorns grow. In most of the world the sun rose on the morning of July 4, 1776 much as it had risen the day before and much as it would rise the day Read more »
- May 25, 2009 -
Memorial Day, 2009
On the 19th of April in 1775, on the Village Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, John Brown, Samuel Hadley, Caleb Harrington, Jonathon Harrington, Robert Munroe, Isaac Muzzey, Asahel Porter and Jonas Parker became the first Americans to give Read more »
- April 19, 2009 -
Patriots’ Day, 2009
“Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere” As the sun was rising on the morning of April 19, 1775, 700 British soldiers met up with 77 Massachusetts minutemen on the Read more »
- January 19, 2009 -
Martin Luther King Day, 2009
“To every thing there is a season.” Ecclesiastes We are in the season of war. American men and women are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have enemies in a nuclear North Korea and perhaps soon-to-be nuclear Read more »