Happy Thanksgiving.

Let’s be honest: In spite of the doom and gloom on Wall Street and the media’s constant belaboring that everybody in America is hurting in someway, we as a country have much for which to be thankful. If you don’t agree, visit a few of the world’s lovelier regimes and...
I Am Not a Citizen of the World

I Am Not a Citizen of the World

Call me a jingoistic troglodyte if you must, but I don’t watch the Olympics to foster a feeling of global connectedness deep within my bosom. With apologies to Visa, I was not chanting “Go world!” as I watched Michael Phelps win by one one-hundredth...

Happy 232nd Birthday, America!

In honor of our great country’s Declaration of Independence nearly two and one-third centuries ago, I offer the following words from John Adams. Written to his wife Abigail the night of July 2, 1776, Adams tells his wife of the Continental Congress’s...

The Carefree Days of Youth Gone By

Remember when you were a kid (assuming you were a kid about 30 years ago) and getting constantly peppered with flyers from the police, your teachers and your Cub Scout den mother about the dangers of blasting caps? I do. I didn’t understand it then, and I...

Pancake’s Valentine

This morning, as usual, I fed Pancake – The Cutest Dog Ever Created by the Lordâ„¢ – his breakfast and then went about eating my own. Upon returning to the kitchen, I looked in his bowl to find he’d left us his very own Valentine. It’s not quite a picture...