[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 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 »
[February 25, 2024] Javier Milei is Argentina’s hero, and I will add that he is also an International hero. Why? He has single-handedly turned around the social and economic fortunes of Argentina and shown the world that the insidious Woke/Progressive/Leftist modern ideologies are inherently destructive and morally unfair. As Argentina’s new President, he has embarked on a one-man… Read More »
[February 11, 2024] Occasionally, you hear about our World War II heroes. Still, you never hear of them coming home from the battlefield and integrating themselves back into their hometowns, opening a business, marrying and having children, and being a pillar of their community. Today, we have the daughter of one such hero, Susan Friedenberg, and I want… 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 »
[December 31, 2023] As I type this article, my last blog post of the year, my dog Bella is at my feet. She is sleeping there but also in her protective mode, guarding me from any danger lurking and unknown. A few days ago, she returned to the veterinarian’s office for a second emergency visit in a week. … Read More »
[December 17, 2023] The firetruck went screaming down the street with six or seven young men hanging onto the sides of the truck with one hand, holding their fireman’s helmets in place with the other, as they raced to put out a kitchen fire near my house. I was starstruck at the sight of such a fine display… Read More »
[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 »
[November 10, 2023] I didn’t know it then, but I grew up privileged. Not with money, or status, or owning a big house or car or lots of clothes, but by being in the company of ordinary men, combat veterans from World War II and the Korean War, as well as those who served to protect us at… Read More »