“We are so happy to be alive. Life means a lot more today than yesterday,” said Panama City, Florida School Board member, Jerry Register, the day after deranged gunman, Clay Duke, opened fire on the School Board and the School Superintendant, William Husfelt. Looking into the barrel of a handgun has an interesting way of …
“Who gave you permission to tell Charlie there was no Santa Claus? I think if we’re going to destroy our son’s delusions, I should be a part of it.” —Scott Calvin, (played by actor Tim Allen in the movie, The Santa Claus, 1994). “Some of the kids at school say Santa’s not real, but I …
It’s been a tough week for world peace. Tensions between North and South Korea are severely strained after North Korea launched a deadly artillery attack last week; the war in Afghanistan drags on as U.S. leaders ponder the duration of our presence there; a strategic arms pact with Russia appears to be on hold, at …
Have you noticed how easily we pass from Halloween to Christmas, from October to December, from “Trick or Treat,” to “Here Comes Santa Claus”? And Thanksgiving gets bypassed once again. Only now it happens with greater celerity and casualness. We’re beyond feeling any guilt about it. I understand. I feel it, too. Thanksgiving’s absence matches …
Forgotten Things Remembered I hadn’t seen or touched it in almost 49 years. It was a homemade schoolbook satchel before the days of book bags. It belonged to my older brother, Doug. He carried it home the last day of school, 1961. Having completed the first grade that day, he skipped home from Washington Elementary …