My dad, who passed away in 1975, was a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Wisconsin in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was 19 years old when he went to war. Later in his life, while I ...

Maybe I learned over the years that to receive a gift — any gift — is a kindness of the giver.It meant they took the time, whether the time to purchase something or hours to handcraft it, because they ...

I don’t know what happened to Stacy … I lost track after leaving Children’s Hospital … but have often wondered where he ended up, how his life turned out, and if he was able to handle the emotional ...

Toffee for the holidays is a favorite with everyone. This is my most requested candy recipe and I have gladly shared it over the years with friends, family, and anyone who asked. I loved the toffee ...

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner. After missing as badly as I did on Election 2024, I thought it best to “take a step back” and review past assumptions. Of course, the ...

If there is a unifying theme in American Women’s History, it is the constant, never-ending insistence that women exceed expectations to be heard. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s quotation, “Well-behaved ...

The rule of law is that voter rolls can not be changed 90 days before the election, yet the Supreme Court just ruled that Youngkin can purge the voter roles just 6 days before the election. The claim ...

Tenet Media, the Tennessee-based home of several far right, Trumpist social media “influencers,” has been a recipient of Russian funding totaling nearly $10 million ().An indictment unsealed Wednesday ...

Since the end of last week’s Democratic Convention, there have been mumblings that Vice President Kamala Harris needed, 1) to get her polices in place, and 2) have an interview with the press. My ...

This was from my endorsement of President Biden’s re-election just under four months ago:. There will be, at most, six candidates on the presidential ballot here in Virginia (or anywhere else): ...

They may have been Republicans in Milwaukee, but they sure sounded like San Francisco Democrats for anyone who remembered.

According to Republicans, Joe Biden and liberal Democrats are destroying our country and our way of life. According to Democrats, Donald Trump and his supporters are an existential threat to democracy ...