Since most of the time I don’t look too closely at my NRA magazine, I almost missed one of the more interesting articles in this month’s edition, titled “Ban Pelosi,…
Month: February 2019
Students in English Literature today have it so much better than those of us who toiled in High School classrooms sixty years ago. Oh, they may have to struggle with some…
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“All Aboard!” came the cry from the conductor. The train, carrying hundreds of well-heeled passengers, were on the first leg of their rail trip to Hawaii, and were starting from Chicago. This…
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Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February, falls on the 18th this year. However, what is called that is actually designated at Washington’s Birthday to be…
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American society is one of the most wasteful in the history of the world. Since the beginning of time, man has been able to use the almost infinite resources of this…
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Between Christmas and New Years, Russ and I decided to attend a teachers’ conference hosted by the travel company we use when we take groups to Europe. We have gone…
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Our minds are one of the truly amazing parts of our bodies. We can think, plan, invent, innovate. But one of both the pleasures and pains of our minds is our memories. Sometimes…
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Throughout history a sexual dichotomy has existed concerning the social acceptance of men and women having sex before marriage and after marriage with partners other than their wives. Many cultures widely…
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Angels, shepherds, a manger and two poor travelers make up the heart of one of the most beloved of Bible stories — the birth of Jesus. Add the Wise Men who came to…
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We hear so much from the left these days, and even from the Gillette company about “toxic masculinity” as if every boy and man is a sexual predator or violent…
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