Yesterday there was news that Michael Bloomberg is considering a run for the Presidency. Obviously, to do this, he will have to compete with other Democrats for the party’s nomination. It is late, but if Bloomberg should garner sufficient support among rank and file Democrats it could have a profound effect on the next election. […]
On some nights sixty-six years ago I stood guard in a military camp in Korea. As I walked back and forth in the cold, alert to the sounds and movements around me, my mind was filled with thoughts of home. I thought especially of the loving wife that waited for me there. Out of those […]
“Quid est veritas?” said Pilate to Jesus. What is truth? Is there such a thing as absolute truth? Many people, especially those of a progressive bent, deny that there is such a thing as objective truth and say that truth is a matter of perspective. They insist that all truth claims should be recognized […]
As I have written on numerous occasions, I was blessed with a wonderful, loving family. I had four half-brothers and three half-sisters, but I never thought of any of them being anything else but whole. The youngest, Harold Rives Fields, was eight and a half years my senior, and as a young boy I truly […]
Attack of the Martians On October 30, 1938, many citizens of the United States were thrown into a panic by news of an attack by aliens from outer space. CBS was broadcasting an exciting drama based on the H.G. Wells novel, War of the Worlds, published 40 years before. The science fiction classic told of […]
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness.” This is a long post, but I believe it is an important one. I hope you will take time to read it. As a young man I was taught by my parents and my church to […]
I have written in previous posts about how very difficult it is to get accurate and believable information. Depending on the writer’s point of view, news accounts of the very same event can be 180 degrees apart. This is especially true of reporting on the hot button issues of the day. A man for whom […]
In 1941-45 I rose early in the morning to catch the bus to school in Wilmington, Early was necessary because during the war all vehicles were restricted to 35 miles per hour to conserve gas. The school buses always complied, so it took a full hour or more to make the trip. Before the bus […]
My family moved to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, in the summer of 1938. I was to call it home until January 1955, at which time my wife and I set up housekeeping in another town. Of course, I have many fond memories of the beach and the nearby city of Wilmington, where I […]
On the afternoon of December 16, 1951, Ann McGuire and I stepped out of St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Carolina Beach, North Carolina as man and wife. The Happy Couple After a brief honeymoon, we established a home for two in a small cottage in Chapel, Hill, North Carolina. Over the next seven months I […]
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