Collecting My Thoughts

 I think I'm in my 5th day of packing and pitching--my professional files (if you think I write a lot now, it's nothing like the 199...

Every article I read about BLM--left, right, middle, Christian, secular, black or white--begins with the obligatory statement about violence...

"At the time of his confirmation, the public was twice as likely to believe Justice Thomas over Anita Hill (55% to 27%), and 58% favore...

The Annenberg Foundation funds one of the popular liberal Fact Checkers. But back in the mid-19 90s, it funded a huge program to improve th...

"In 1996, after nearly two years of searches and subpoenas, the White House reported it found copies of missing documents from Hillary...

The Democrat party platform for Bill Clinton's second term was tough on crime, drugs and illegal immigrants. You almost can't tell i...

no matter where you find it. Two womanizers, two excellent politicians, in the worst sense of the word. And both are Christians!

In 1990 I attended a pre-conference meeting for a White House Conference on Libraries, and I wrote in my notes (and I was a liberal then): ...

And that was the headline of the opinion page in the Jan. 26, 2000 Dixon (IL) Telegraph. I had saved the paper because it announced my moth...

He hasn't changed much, has he? In an interview with Jet, Feb. 26, 1990, a pop culture magazine published in Chicago for African America...

4330 Political Correctness in 1994 Today I was skimming through a letter I'd written to a high school friend in October 1994. Sounds ju...

Does anyone remember MaryRose? There doesn't seem to be a photo of this fashion statement of the 90s, although while looking I have fou...

Friday Family Photo Our mothers, 1993 This photo was taken the day after our daughter's wedding--the best party of my life. We had al...

3190 Monday Memories Did I ever tell you about my sister Carol? I'm not sure anyone is doing this meme anymore--Debbie has dropped out...

Monday Memories of Heritage Lake, Indiana The date on this photo is 1992 and it was taken at my sister-in-law's home on Heritage Lake, ...

Friday Family Photo Here it is September already. We were married in September 1960, and in our little photo album, there was no photo of u...

Friday Family Photo More about cousins These are photos of my son and his cousin Rich, who are about 8 months difference in age, which wh...

Friday Family Photo Even most of my family couldn't tell you how these two photos are related. I'm guessing the b & w is 1940...