September 28, 2026 You probably won’t be surprised that Trump is charging ahead at full speed with his “triumphal arch” on the Potomac. However, it’s not too late to speak out against this gold-plated, 250-foot, $100 million travesty. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an “independent” federal agency now stacked with MAGA types, has just… Continue reading Save our history. Stop the arch.
Category: War
Where I was and where we went wrong
September 9, 2026 It’s shaping up as a humdrum day in my job as Senate correspondent for the Voice of America. For lack of a better story I’ll probably cover a committee hearing on health care, a big issue in the USA, not so much for my audience overseas. I turn the car radio to… Continue reading Where I was and where we went wrong
Give me back that old-time religion
April 20, 2026 The First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo A president who thinks he's Jesus. A defense secretary who doesn't know the difference between the actual Bible and the Book of Samuel (L. Jackson) in "Pulp Fiction." Although I'm no longer a person of faith, I'm grateful that I grew up with real Christian… Continue reading Give me back that old-time religion
Sins of omission: 1865 and today
Photo by Pexels.com January 20, 2026 Let's take a little quiz. Which statement is true? The January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol was instigated by George Soros and Nancy Pelosi. Only a few of our founding fathers were slaveholders. Troops from Alabama attacked Atlanta in the Civil War. World War II started when… Continue reading Sins of omission: 1865 and today
Take the badge. Leave the First Amendment alone.
October 16, 2025 Secretary Pete HegsethThe Department of War and Censorship Defense Mr. Secretary: In support of the journalists who gave up their press credentials rather than follow your undemocratic rules for covering the Pentagon, I am officially returning my pass. I know it expired long ago: in fact, it’s more out of date than… Continue reading Take the badge. Leave the First Amendment alone.
New short story: “And the Armies That Remained Suffered”
May 19, 2025 Photo by Pexels.com My latest short fiction, "And the Armies that Remained Suffered," centers around a veteran of our country’s most recent war who's drawn into a furor over a distant one. Clay is back in his hometown, making a prolonged recovery from a wound he suffered in Afghanistan, when a proposal… Continue reading New short story: “And the Armies That Remained Suffered”