Holden Amenta: the Kid Hero

By | December 5, 2023

[December 5, 2023]  Nine year old Holden Amenta is a kid hero.  He is a superfan of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional football team (you might have heard of them) and one that Holden goes all-out to support.  The team colors are black and red.  Recently a black sports writer accused young Holden of being a racist… Read More »

Hero: SA Quentin Smythe

By | October 24, 2023

[October 24, 2023]  This is a true hero from South Africa.  Sgt Quentin Smythe won the Victoria Cross in the Western Desert.  This is the highest military decoration awarded for valor “in the face of the enemy” to members of the British Armed Forces and various Commonwealth countries (of which South Africa is one). Upon the outbreak of… Read More »

Hero Kid, Loser Teacher

By | September 2, 2023

[September 2, 2023]  By now, most of you will have heard of the “hero” kid who would not back down when his teacher and school administrators ordered him to remove a Gadsden Flag patch from his bookbag.  They wrongly claimed the Gadsden Flag was associated with slavery.  The kid is a hero for his actions. This kid, 12-year-old… Read More »

The Female Hero Myth

By | December 23, 2022

[December 23, 2022]  Modern movies are awful.  They often have a “female hero” (the perfect hero without flaw, fear, or blemish) substituting for the male hero, who traditionally rides in to save the day.  These modern movies have failed at the box office.  I’m not surprised at all.  Here is something to think about, something about the real… Read More »

D-Day: a day to Honor our WW2 Heroes

[June 6, 2022]  Today is the anniversary of one of the greatest undertakings of humanity.  On June 6, 1944, the Allied nations invaded northern France to begin the final effort to destroy Nazi Germany.  This was the beginning of the end of Hitler’s military control over Europe.  WW2 would end eleven months after D-Day, and Europe would finally… Read More »

Was this Roman Soldier a Hero or Just Unlucky?

By | February 25, 2022

[February 25, 2022]  Sometimes, I find something that just interests me.  An archeological article came out last year that suggested that during the A.D. 79 Mount Vesuvius eruption, a Roman Soldier was on the Herculaneum beach as part of a major rescue effort. We know that a rescue mission was undertaken by naval commander Pliny, the Elder.  Pliny’s… Read More »