One of the most popular philosophers in the modern era was born on May 12, 1925. He served in the United States Navy during the Normandy landings during World War II, a role which earned him a purple heart. He also played professional baseball. His quips about life...
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I had a good friend who lived to be 95 years old. Over the course of his final year, he constantly talked about his and his late wife’s 75th wedding anniversary approaching at the end of spring. He wanted to celebrate their life together one more time. Late one April...
The year is 1911. Two famous explorers are planning expeditions to be the first to reach the South Pole: Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian, and Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman. In her book “A First Rate Tragedy,” Diana Preston details how Scott spent more money and made...
One of the most haunting stories I have read is the 1974 book “Survive,” about a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains. There were 45 people on the flight, and only 16 survived the initial crash. The search was called off because sub-zero...
Two things I have never, ever said or written: “No giveaways to small businesses” and “Our congress is functional!” The villain to the political left is large corporations and their greed. The villain to the right is often liberty-stealing government and faceless...
Don’t look down. My favorite hobby is mountain biking. I love getting on a trail with my favorite podcast or audio book and lose myself in the woods. This past weekend I was peddling in the Carlton Reserve when I came to a man-made, dam-like structure. There is an...