I’ll admit my front yard looks like a sign nursery or voting site….except for the one that is missing. I’ll get to that! No Signs While Working in Journalism For all of the years I was in active journalism I never felt posting signs in the yard would be appropriate. While obviously we would develop […]
There’s some amazing dirt in Georgia that grows a whole lot more than peanuts and cotton. It grows selfless Christian charity and has been for nearly 80 years. Koinonia Farm It all started at Koinonia Farm in Americus, founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England. This was a “demonstration […]
My Dad always said he got his “college education” in the U.S. Army. He was drafted at the start of WWII and later served in Korea, rising to the rank of Captain. Horse Calvary When he was drafted, he was sent to the last remaining horse calvary unit at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he began […]
It’s not brain surgery to say that the violence in Portland, Kenosha and other American cities has to stop. It’s obvious the President hasn’t helped, but local law enforcement probably hasn’t done all it could either. Blame Game But for each so-called side to blame the other isn’t helpful. I think Kenosha and Portland police […]
When I was a child, my dad had a huge roll-top desk in his newspaper office in Gallatin, Missouri. I would sit there after school and play, of course, “newspaperwoman.” Later, Dad remodeled and got new steel desks for the office, and the old roll-top was relegated to the “back shop.” But it was still […]
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its take on the economic and psychological impacts of COVID-19, based upon responses collected July 9 through 14. It seems both realistic and depressing. Let’s hope Washington can figure out a relief package to help a crisis that is no fault of the individuals being so economically and mentally […]
My mother’s 100-year-old body has just given out on her, and as I write this she is resting peacefully in the nursing home where she lives. She’s not expected to last more than a few more days, perhaps weeks. The following are excerpts from the eulogy I’ll deliver at graveside, if my emotions allow. Grateful […]
Professors from 23 of the most important schools of journalism in the United States have issued an open letter regarding recent arrests and violence toward journalists. This violence against the media could not come at a worse time. And, people, where without the media will you get information you need to make good decisions in […]
City councils in many communities, along with protesters, are calling for “defunding” the police departments. But what does that really mean? Social Services Primarily this means shifting financial resources away from the police department that might better be served with mental health counselors, community diversion programs and other services not directly tied to armed policing […]
I recently Iearned about Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound that British and U.S. forces undertook near the end of the war. In this time of civil unrest and pandemic, I thought it was a wonderful story to share. Food Drops to the Starving Netherlands The troops loaded up their bombers with food and then dropped […]