Interesting bits of history are often discovered in unusual places. In the early 1940s, I had occasion to visit Saint James Episcopal Church in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. I believe my visit was in connection with an organized school tour of historic sites in the area. Saint James Parish was established by the Church of […]
Maricopa County: This large county is located in the south-central part of the state of Arizona. It encompasses several major metropolitan centers, including the city of Phoenix. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates its population was over 4.5 million in 2020, more than half Arizona’s total. and it is greater in land area than the state […]
Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame has spent a fortune on television pushing the claim that the 2020 election was rigged. There have been several two to three hour programs on the conservative One America News channel in which Lindell presents some of his evidence. These presentations are also available on podcasts. The first presentation […]
At Shawnee State University in Ohio, a public university, a biological male student complained because Nicholas Merriweather, a university professor, refused to address him/her as Ms. The transgender student said he now considers himself/herself to be a female and believed that the professor should address him as such. The professor professed himself to be a […]
Cape Fear Cape Fear is the name of a cape (pictured above) and a river that flows into the Atlantic just southwest of the cape. As a young boy I lived about fifteen miles north of this point in the resort town of Carolina Beach. As this map shows, the eastern coast of the United […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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