At the Gates

Wake up, you defenders of liberty.  The enemy is at the gates. I discovered this article on the internet, but I do not know who wrote it and from what source I extracted it.  I have tried in vain to locate it again.  It is so good that I decided to print it verbatim.  My […]

Dear Mary

My brother Robert Jordan and his wife Bebe had four children, one boy and three girls.  Their son Bob was born in 1935. The older girls were identical twins, Mary and Martha, born in 1937.  Younger sister Sarah came along in 1939. Mary and Martha Jordan Theirs was a beautiful family, and I enjoyed every […]

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

A dear grandniece recently e-mailed me a news clip about the University of North Carolina, my alma mater.  It filled me with a profound sense of disquiet.  It may be that this once proud bastion of classical liberal education is gradually succumbing to the assaults of the progressives. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewick has informed the UNC […]

Happy Time Continues

A week or so after my return from Korea, my wife and I consigned the care of our infant son to my parents and headed toward Niagara Falls for what we called our second honeymoon.  We had been planning it for a long time. The first honeymoon, though wonderful in its way, was somewhat skimpy, […]

Reform or Repression?

In recent days there has been much furor over the new Georgia election laws.  The Democrats cry voter suppression, and there are calls for a boycott against the state of Georgia, its people, and the companies headquartered there. The usual liberal coalition is arrayed against Georgia.   Answering the call, major league baseball has decided to […]

A Happy Time

It is so very good if you have had periods in your life that you can recall as times of great happiness.  A time never to be forgotten. One such time in my life was when I returned from Korea in 1954.  I left Pusan, Korea, by ship on August 30, 1954, my birthday.  What […]

The Assault Continues

The war on traditional cultural norms never ceases.  In previous posts I wrote about “LGBT Issues” (Nov 6, 2018) and “The Real War’ (Oct 29, 2019).  Recently, the Democrat controlled House of Representatives put the so-called Equality Act high on its list of priorities, and its effect could be devastating to Christians in America.  In […]

Pressure to Convict

I would hate to be a juror in the Chauvin trial. Some members of the mob outside the courtroom are threatening fire and destruction if the jury fails to convict Chauvin.  I do not think Chauvin intended to kill Floyd, and the victim probably died from a drug overdose    I saw a detailed composite […]

Fake News Redux

How does one unlie? In December 2020 President Trump made a call to Georgia state election officials urging them to scrutinize votes in Fulton County.  Trump expressed legitimate concerns about election honesty and expressed his opinion that a thorough review would prove that he had been cheated out of a win.  The Georgia Secretary of […]

The Modoc

The Modoc In 1940, I and my primary school classmates were privileged to get a tour of the Modoc, a United States Coast Guard Cutter that was moored in front of the customshouse in downtown Wilmington, N.C.  Wilmington was her home port.  It was a trim little ship, and I enjoyed the experience very much.  […]