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  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 →

Treasury Secretary Jack Loo has announced a woman’s face will appear on U.S. paper currency in 2020 to commemorate the centennial of women’s suffrage. It’s about time. Now begins the debate about which woman should be on the money, and … Continue reading →

Reprinted from Senior Correspondent. By Philip E. Jenks “No human race is superior. No religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” – Eliezer Wiesel. An ugly thread twists like a lethal snake through our … Continue reading →

By Philip E. Jenks July 28, 2015 – Harold Wilke stared thoughtfully into his coffee cup and swirled the dark liquid in a gentle arc. It was the 1980s, and we were sitting together at the head table of an … Continue reading →

Southern heritage has been on the hot seat recently. In South Carolina, politicians are forced to recognize the Confederate flag for what it is, an icon of white supremacy and racism. And in the literary world, fans of Harper Lee’s … Continue reading →

By Philip E. Jenks July 10, 2015 – Jimmy Carter, now in his 91st year, has been out of office longer than any millennial has been alive. That makes him extraneous to the majority of living Americans, and even those who … Continue reading →

This morning I’m celebrating the life and mourning the passing of Stan Freberg, a closet Baptist and certifiable communications genius. His LP album, “Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America,” was widely regarded as the best comedic audio recording in … Continue reading →

Reprinted from Senior Correspondent. This was written before so-called Islamic State terrorists burned a captured Jordanian pilot alive — an unspeakably depraved act that has enraged Muslims and the Arab world. By Philip E. Jenks What ‘y’a gonna do? The … Continue reading →