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June 4, 2016 – The New York Times called Muhammad Ali “a titan of boxing and the twentieth century.” He had been out of public sight for many years, but his death Friday at 74 was a reminder he was … Continue reading →

  The death of Julius LaRosa on May 12 was prominently reported in the New York Times and other media. Surprisingly so. His fame crested in 1953 and had been ebbing ever since. But the media coverage of his passing … Continue reading →

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.  Shovel them under and let me work–  I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten … Continue reading →

This is the year members of our family chose England as a venue for spiritual pilgrimage. In January, Victoria celebrated her 26th birthday with a solo voyage to London and its connections to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. … Continue reading →

My Lenten devotional reading this season has been Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President. It may be difficult for some to see the murder of President James A. Garfield … Continue reading →

Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven. Don’t you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven? You’ll find your fortune’s fallin’ all over the town, Be sure that your umbrella is upside down. The number of pennies discarded … Continue reading →

  Port Chester, N.Y., January 12, 2016 – January 12 was a Friday in 1968. I had been looking forward to the day for months because the Air Force said that was the day I would return to the U.S. after a three-year tour … Continue reading →

Thanks to brother Paul Jenks and sister Colleen Jenks for this very special Christmas gift. The Weeds were my mother Mary’s great-grandparents. As I recall the family story, the elderly Mary Weed lived for a time with Mom’s parents on … Continue reading →

This fall some Princeton University students uncovered one of the worst kept secrets in American history: Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, was a racist. If these students had grown up reading Howard Zinn or Richard Shenkman, this … Continue reading →