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Teaching and Learning Catastrophes
Like so many of us, I often depend on outside sources to tell me what’s going on in the world today and I was appalled at an article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago. How about “three quarters of graduating high school seniors ‘lack basic proficiency in writing’ and a majority of […]
St. Francis and the Crusaders Today
May 2, 2024
St. Francis and the Crusaders Today About a decade ago I taught a course online at UA on the first half of the history of the Christian church. We probed deeply into the Judaic roots of Christianity and arrived all the way at the doorstep of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. The survivors in […]
Our Spanish Legacy in the United States
January 28, 2024
While listening to the journalistic bombardment on the border crisis the last few weeks (months? years?) and how that’s going to demolish Biden, Trump, or Haley in the race for the presidency, I kept, of course, hearing about Texas. I think the last thing was the Governor of Texas telling the Federal Government that they’re […]
Truth in History: A Look at Race in Its Making
December 21, 2023
Did you know that “that slavery and racism are the foundations of American history?” How can that be? What happened to “all men are created equal” with liberty and justice for all? Democracy? The Vote? Liberty? Free Enterprise? Naw, forget all that claptrap. Here’s what our children need to be taught. In 2019 The New […]
Bay of Pigs, Part Two, The Boys from Birmingham Training the Cuban Exile Pilots
August 14, 2023
Who were the Alabama Air National Guardsmen and what was their role in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961? After the decision was made to invade Cuba and remove Castro, anti-Castro Cuban exiles were trained to do the invasion and fighting and make it seem as it was totally a […]
America’s Jewish Pilots in the Making of Modern Israel
July 5, 2023
Not too long ago I ran across a documentary movie made by Spielberg, not the guy you are familiar with—Steven—but his sister, Nancy. It was called Above and Beyond. Most American Jews were interested in what was going on in the founding of modern Israel in 1948. Some, as Above and Beyond tells it, did […]
On Patriotism
May 9, 2023
Not too long ago a friend of mine, Susan Warner, asked me if patriotism was out of form. Her husband, Jack Warner, now deceased, was a veteran of the Burma theater in the Second World War and he loved this country. Then on Sunday April 16, I read a piece in the Wall Street Journal […]
The Banana Republics
May 4, 2023
Some of you may be wondering what a “banana republic” is. You can look it up in Wikipedia but be careful, since the first definition that pops up is to an upscale clothing store with lots of boobs and legs, although there are other outfits marketed for everybody from babies to men. Keep on scrolling […]
Doctors, Pilots, and Equity, or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Infecting Our Land and People
May 4, 2023
Let’s start out with a simple decision most of us have to make at one time or another. I don’t know about you, but if I am flying or having surgery, I want someone qualified by training and ability to handle the cockpit or the scalpel. I certainly don’t want someone who is there because […]
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Psalm 14:1 April 1, 2026“For the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.”
June 11, 2024
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