On this Fourth of July week, my pick for Hero of the Republic is the indefatigable Rose Brady and the women of the Connellsville Canteen. Their service during World War II remains a shining example of patriotism, perseverance and good old-fashioned pluck.Working out of an abandoned foundry ...
It鈥檚 summer! You knew that (I hope).Summer has always been my favorite part of the year.Why? Because it鈥檚 not winter.Teachers, school books, and overcoats were off the agenda in summer. They were replaced by bikes and skinned knees and overheated, dawn-to-dusk pursuits of adventure.(Heck! ...
Ah, summer. Long time arriving, you鈥檙e over all too quickly.Summer, in brief, is ritual, which suits me just fine, since I鈥檓 a creature of habit anyway. (Proof: I鈥檝e eaten the same breakfast for years now. I watch three or four episodes of Seinfeld nearly every day. I sit in the same ...
This has been a jaw-dropping week, and that does not even include the federal indictment of a former president of the United States that occurred in Miami on Tuesday.For example, there was the startling news coming out of the Southern Baptist Convention, whereby the nation鈥檚 largest ...
Hardly anything about Donald Trump surprises me anymore.Hardly anything.For his upcoming federal trial, I鈥檓 surprised he鈥檒l be tried as an adult.The one-term, twice impeached, twice arrested, twice-indicted ex-president isn鈥檛 taking his lumps like a fully grown man.Hours after special ...
Folks on the right are spending lots of their time (and our patience) battling the unseen demons of transgender men and women.Republicans are rallying around a call to 鈥減rotect our kids鈥� from learning there are people out there who aren鈥檛 exactly like them.That鈥檚 a call that鈥檚 ...
