It’s my birthday today. Sixty-nine years ago, a 20-year-old woman gave birth to a boy in the U.S. Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Out in
Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
To beard, or not to beard?
That is the question, it seems, in American politics these days. And it’s all J.D. Vance’s fault. He’s the Vice President of the United States–just
Can anyone match Grover?
Today is Presidents Day, and presidents have been much in the news lately. Yes, they’re always in the news, but especially this year. We have
Free, color-blind and ’21
It’s finally over. The year 2020 will forever be remembered–at least by today’s adults–as one of the worst in American history. Whether historians will put
Heading down the slope.
Today is April 15, and the month is halfway done as of midnight tonight. At 12:01am tomorrow, we start the downslope toward May. But not
In Search of the Old Red Gods.
As a young boy, I grew up in a series of towns in southern Wisconsin, ranging from two different suburbs in the Milwaukee metro area,
A Strenuous Writer's Life 