Growing up delivering papers in a small New York town has advantages. You get to know people, their moods, temperaments, family members, and how they might respond when the newspaper arrives late or, not at all. When you grow up delivering papers in the snow, you...
Beginning with Jamestown (circa 1607), American life has been organized around and dependent upon the notion of rigorous self-reliance. In early America, self-reliance was a given. There wasn’t much choice for the early patriots. After all, staying alive was...
No President, standing alone, can lay claim to having made America great. George Washington, our first President and the undisputed Father of America, is the closest person who could remotely lay claim to having made America great. Let’s tell the truth. America,...
War is a hot political topic. For me, growing up in America has always involved the subject of war. For decades I have listened to rants about the war on poverty, the war on crime, the war on the family, and even the cold war. Throughout my 16 years of education, my...
Let’s be forthright. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will undoubtedly go down in history as the city’s worst mayor…EVER! During his tenure, he has managed to alienate the police department, conservatives, moderates, and many Democrats. During a recent...
