When the Make America Great Again movement first began, I paid little attention because did not view it in a historical context. Lately have begun to do so. What I came to realize is that most America First and MAGA supporters are far too young to know the time when America became really great the first time. MAGA is a… Read more: When America Became Great

Once upon a time, when I was in college there was this freshman girl, really cute, bubbly, smiling, attractive. She had a personality that drew people to her. Everyone seemed to like her. One Saturday night at a party I had opportunity to talk to her, just the two of us. Boy howdy, I thought, I was one lucky country… Read more: The Cute College Girl – A Fairy Tale

It is Memorial Day Again. Last Memorial Day I was on a boat in Charleston Harbor headed to Fort Sumter for a much-too-short visit. But today I saw a TV blurb about the delayed Indy 500, something I have not thought about for many years. That took me back 65 years to 1959. Memorial Day was “Decoration Day” back then,… Read more: Critical “Race” Theory