From whence do we arrive our concept of beauty? I will never forget going on a fishing boat out to the Gulf Stream, some thirty miles off the coast of Carolina Beach, North Carolina. I was ten or eleven at the time, and I believe I was the first person on the boat to get […]
Two weeks ago Joseph Biden appeared to be a dead man walking. Suddenly, his political fortunes have experienced a revival. Most political observers were surprised by Biden’s impressive showing on Super Tuesday, March 3rd. On that day the former Vice-President won Democratic primaries in ten states. Bernie Sanders won only four. Biden was an […]
Have you ever experienced a phenomenon for which there appeared to be no logical explanation? Many years ago, sometime around 1950, my family and I were driving south on a highway near Raleigh, North Carolina. We were coming out of a rainstorm, and suddenly a white ball slowly dropped from the sky and landed […]
I remember my first movie. I can still call to mind images from that movie some eighty-five years after seeing it. I was five years old, and my parents took to me to a theater in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, to see a recently released film, Treasure Island, starring Wallace Berry, Lionel Barrymore, and the […]
A few days ago I had a brief political discussion with a casual friend. We stand on opposite ends of the political spectrum, so we usually avoid any exchange of opinions on that subject. On this occasion, however, I sought her reaction to the Democrat debate that had occurred the previous evening. It was […]
Asheville, NC North Carolina extends about 500 miles east to west, from the Atlantic seashore to the Appalachian mountains. As a young boy I lived about half-way between, near the city of Greensboro; and during the summer we would usually vacation at the shore. Eventually, my father purchased property at Carolina Beach, and we moved […]
Verily, verily. Truly, truly. Oh, how I long for a bit of honest reporting. Those who hate President Trump are often dishonest in their portrayal of the man. He is described as a misogynistic racist of the worst sort, and his supporters are often pictured as uneducated cretins. Yes, Trump has many personal faults, including […]
During the 1950s I first heard the term “the real skinny.” This appellation was used to describe what were believed to be the “true facts” about any subject under discussion. During the past month or more I have read everything I could about our current political situation. I have read liberal/progressive commentators, and I […]
During a recent roundtable a participant seemed to suggest that it was somehow wrong that far more than half of our American senators represent considerably less than half of the American electorate. A senator from Wyoming represents approximately 600 thousand people, whereas a senator from California represents almost 40 million. Twenty senators represent more constituents […]
Two ministers were having dinner at a farmer’s home during a certain church conference. The farmer’s wife cooked three chickens, saying to her husband that their children could dine on the remains after the visitors were gone. But the ministers wolfed the chickens bare. After dinner, the farmer showed his guests around the farm, […]
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