It’s 4:45 a.m. as I sit by the kitchen table writing. The boys already left for work. Their bags are packed and ready for our departure to Kentucky at 1:30 p.m. They will work a half day, come home, shower, and be ready to go. Read More ⇒
On July 20, 1969, millions of people around the globe watched as Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Read More ⇒
We have entered the month of August and the sun is shining this morning as I sit writing at the desk. I am by the east window, but the wraparound porch keeps the sun from shining in the windows. It makes nice sleeping with the cool evenings. Read More ⇒
One of the things I hate about being sick is the side effects of medication. Read More ⇒
About three dozen graduates, with robes of green — a color that signifies life, renewal and energy, proudly stood in front of family and friends at a conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Watertown on the evening of June 13. Cheers erupted as they moved their golden tassels from one si… Read More ⇒
Blessings as we travel into an unknown future Read More ⇒
I’m sitting out on the porch at Wood Boat Brewery on Mary Street in Clayton on a (mostly) sunny day in June with a beer in my hand and Bob Marley singing “No Woman, No Cry” from a nearby speaker, and so you might assume I’m enjoying a pleasant spring afternoon. Read More ⇒
“He took a mulligan and hit it into the lake.” So said historian Jon Meacham, my co-panelist on Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” in a quippy but devastating conclusion about former special counsel Robert Mueller. He did so after I had delivered the center-right legal world’s hardening conclusion t… Read More ⇒
Democratic candidates make a mistake in failing to lace into President Donald Trump when he says things that are patently false, insulting to the military and reaffirm his unfitness as commander in chief. Granted, that could be a frequent occurrence, but sometimes the moment cries out for a … Read More ⇒
The Rev. Vincent T. Freeh has been on a mission for 60 years since he became an ordained priest in 1959. It was then that he declared his faithfulness to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Read More ⇒
There was only one time that I saw my mother-in-law cry. She was a dichotomy, a woman who loved unconditionally and a tough cookie. Read More ⇒