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Kibbutz Kfar Aza – Now and Then
(Heart) breaking news, the Hamas massacre of 1,300 Israelis – mostly civilians and mothers, children, even babies, and the elderly – on Saturday, Oct. 7 – must not fade from…
Read MoreHappy 99th Birthday, Jimmy Carter. I knew you when.
Peanut farmer James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., our 39th commander in chief often mocked as president but revered as ex-president, entered hospice in February and I began writing this in…
Read MoreFind Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill in “Hidden Maryland”
Couldn’t we all use a little Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill? Lord knows, these are trying times. Times of war, global warming… and who knows what lurks in the future to…
Read MoreGenerations: Past, Present, and Future
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about generations. My thoughts are prompted in part by much ado about President Biden, who is 80, and not enough ado about DJT, who…
Read MoreHarriet Newby’s “One Bright Hope”
“I want you to buy me as soon as possible, for if you do not get me some body else will,” Harriet, an enslaved house servant, wrote on this day…
Read MoreWash Post Aug. 9, 1974: Nixon Resigns; Larry Broadmoore Carries On
It was on this day 49 years ago — nearly half a century — that the front page of the Washington Post carried a simple large-font two-word banner headline: “Nixon…
Read MoreBobby Kennedy’s death, when hope turned to despair
It has been 55 years to the day since Bobby (referred to more formally as Robert F.) Kennedy died, the victim of an assassin’s bullet. The anniversary brings back personal…
Read MoreNews You Can Use
Now hear this! Hidden Maryland and Five for Freedom are both available as audiobooks. I cordially invite you to visit my Audible Author Page by clicking here. For Hidden Maryland:…
Read MoreNo place for old men
The elderly Black gentleman in a suit jacket, high neck collar and overcoat approached the front steps to the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring the other Wednesday afternoon, on…
Read MoreOsborne Anderson was a dad!
Osborne Perry Anderson, the sole survivor who wrote the only insider account of John Brown’s Oct. 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry — to seize the federal arsenal and incite a…
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