During the past 50+ years, with my military career as well as personally, I have traveled to over 30 different countries and many states as well. Of all the countries our family visited, I’ve lived and worked for six months or more in many of them. As I traveled, I had a chance to pay …
Recently a friend and I went to our local theater to see this movie and admittedly, we both walked out with a few mixed emotions. While the concept of love rang out loud and clear which we both appreciated…we felt some key facts were not addressed…more to follow later. For some background…for those who have …
America is famous as the land of the free. What exactly makes us so free when compared to other countries often isn’t always so obvious…in fact, could that be why it may be taken for granted? Interestingly enough…many conservatives are seemingly leaning toward autocratic-type leaders (i.e. Trump, Putin, Stalin, Hitler)…why would that be when …
Recently, the brouhaha happening in Florida by their Governor regarding this important issue of Black history has caught a lot of attention on both political sides. I’ve been wanting to address this in an article and I recently found this current writing by Rachel Brougham–the former assistant editor of the Petoskey News-Review that hit the …
Not long ago I was introduced to “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones. This felt like a good historical documentary for my writings regarding Black History Month. In August of 1619, a pirate ship sailed its way through the still-warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean, heading north along the coast of North America…known to most …
