[June 6, 2024] My first actual blind date would be at the end of the school year. I was nervous because this would be a “real” date and my only second date ever. I didn’t know the young lady, so it was a confirmed blind date. Both of us were nervous, or at least I was. It was… Read More »
[May 29, 2024] People don’t learn much from history, which is unfortunate. My Dad was right about that and was correct in saying that we are much closer to historical events than we might imagine; we are all a step closer to history. I was blessed with family stories of the past, and I was surprised by what… Read More »
[May 28, 2024] After years of work, a small group of dedicated volunteers will unveil and dedicate a WWII Memorial in Atlantic City, NJ, on 6 June at Noon. If you are available, I recommend you attend. Get there early. The memorial is inspired by and based on the likeness of SSG Bernie Friedenberg. I wrote about the… Read More »
[May 27, 2024] Hello General. After being home from Vietnam 55 years ago and coming upon my 56th Memorial Day coming up next week, it got me wondering where all this time went. To be honest, I don’t recall much about my first 35 Memorial Days, but a lot has happened over the last 20. What is Memorial… Read More »
[May 4, 2024] In one of the most unexpected turn of events in recent days on college campuses, the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers at UNC Chapel Hill took action to save the American flag from Nazi kill-the-Jews “protestors.” When I attended Texas Tech, we had fun with those in fraternities; maybe we were jealous since none of… Read More »
[April 17, 2024] We are introduced to “The Good Men Project” with the subhead “The conversation no one else is having.” In a piece titled “20 Pieces of Advice for Men in Their 20x”, author Peter Ross provides some much-needed advice taken from men’s experiences to help men not waste a critical decade in their twenties. Don’t Settle:… Read More »
[February 24, 2024] Growing up, we kids never channel surfed on our television set. There was only one clear channel. Plus, we rarely watched television because our Dad set strict limits. One of those rare times we were permitted to watch, we saw the 1941 movie “Sergeant York” on our old black and white. The young man, Alvin… Read More »
[February 21, 2024] Libs of TikTok is a social media exposé of radical-left wing activities using their leftists’ own accounts. Those same left-wing users are lashing back at LoTT for the exposé of the Woke agenda. I’m unsure how many followers there are, but it appears there are about 2 million on Twitter/X. The woman behind Libs of… Read More »
Letters to My Granddaughter, Epilogue [November 20, 2024] Here is some good news. That skinny small-town boy from the Deep South – and born on the bayou (like the 1969 CCR song) – turned out okay. I would marry and have two children; the happiest days of my life were their birth and their growing up. Nothing is… Read More »
[January 23, 2024] The U.S. Veterans Affairs states that of the 16.1 million Americans who served during World War II, only 119,550 are alive as of September 2023. Yesterday, I was honored to meet a WW2 veteran, Al Hammon, 97, who joined the Merchant Marines in 1944. He attended various academies and was later a member of the… Read More »