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.
Tag: Civil War
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
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”
Our roots and their keepers
Another box to look through as we declutter. This one sat in the basement, out of sight and definitely out of mind, since we moved in 14 years ago. The weight tells me it’s either very important or something once important, now useless. Inside is a magnificent old family history book, 1,315 pages long, published… Continue reading Our roots and their keepers
Remembering
If you have a TV or computer, and a soul, you've probably seen and been touched by the poppies around the Tower of London, honoring all the Commonwealth dead of the First World War. We can think about war in the abstract all we want, but like the names on the Vietnam Memorial, these simple… Continue reading Remembering