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I Was Going to Write About Something Else…But…

I sat there with no joy. None. Like some 60% of the nation, I was going to tune in to the presidential debate with curiosity

30 Jun

Perusing the commentary sections of newspapers is not quite a pastime for me, but fun and certainly more informational

16 Jun

One of the reasons I began studying history was a chance encounter with Louis XIV of France. I was perusing the college

26 May

You might be asking yourself why I’d choose to write about a letter from Mr. Jefferson to a historically obscure John

19 May

Thoughts on America Each day social media seems filled with people chanting for the destruction of the United States.

21 Apr

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he of the New Deal and the most progressive president our nation ever had (some may quibble with

07 Apr

The very mention of the word economics sends some people scrambling for the nearest exit. Boring is most associated with the

10 Mar

A Short Examination of Isolationism Read President George Washington’s words from his 1796 farewell address: “Why forego the

25 Feb

Whenever I read something about the craft of writing, I always get the advice, “…and don’t make everything predictable or

17 Dec

According to the latest information available, there are only six Pearl Harbor survivors left to visit and commemorate that

07 Dec