85th Edition The third in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” Preserving freedom will always require self-sacrifice. Every able-bodied citizen should be required to serve in a branch of the military sometime between the age
84th Edition The second in in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” There is a connectedness across humanity that is undeniable even when we refuse to acknowledge that it exists. This connection exists between
83rd Edition Over the next six weeks I am going to share my thoughts on “six things we can do to make America better.” Please send me your thoughts, ideas, and criticisms. We are all on this journey together. Number One: Reconnect
82nd Edition For the people in small towns and isolated hamlets in western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene will go down in history as the thousand-year storm. Several villages were completely swept away by flood waters, and it may be years before
81st Edition During early September my wife and I spent a week hiking in the Dolomites in northern Italy. We hiked towering peaks over nine thousand feet with majestic views of valleys, distant vistas, one far-away glacier, and sloping green meadows
80th Edition After posting a recent blog about the American Dream, I received several responses all asking me to define or at least elaborate on today’s definition of the American Dream. Let me try to give that a shot. First of
79th Edition A friend recently said to me – We are what we listen to. I think there is a lot of truth to that brief statement. What we choose to read, watch on TV, listen to in podcasts, even
78th Edition About twenty-six miles north of Albany lies the historic town of Saratoga. I visited there recently with friends who had never been there. This gave me the opportunity to play the local historian and share a few things I
77th Edition There is a small farm behind our house. Rather dilapidated, home to a feral pig named Charlotte, and several chickens. I love wandering around the back pasture, as I call it. Just enjoying the quiet solitude, while listening and watching for
76th Edition Up until just recently, Russia was holding two Americans on seemingly bogus charges. Wall Street Journalist Evan Gershkovich and retired Marine, Paul Whelan. Prior to being released, both had received lengthy prison sentences on trumped up charges of espionage. It seems