Bringing In 2023 with Fleetwood Mac

Bringing In 2023 with Fleetwood Mac: Carrying on with my tradition of closing out my end of year post with music, I’m breaking tradition by repeating a group and other things..

A Short History of Paul Simon’s American Tune

A Short History of Paul Simon’s American Tune: Paul Simon's 1973 American Tune is a hymn from the Middle Ages that speaks to the American spirit...

Tom Batiuk to end Funky Winkerbean

Tom Batiuk to end Funky Winkerbean: Tom Batiuk to end his comic strip Funky Winkerbean -probably without closure...

Veterans Day – 2022

Veterans Day – 2022: This is an updated re-post of a previously published 2018 article. November 11th is Veterans Day in the United States. It is a day which initially honored the end of World War I (“the war to end all wars”). The purpose of the day was later amended in 1954 by Public Law 380 to honor

Happy Birthday U. S. Marine Corps 2022

Happy Birthday U. S. Marine Corps 2022: For 247 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has answered the call when this nation had a wrong it needed made right.

A Voting Public Service Announcement – 2022

A Voting Public Service Announcement – 2022: On Tuesday, November 8th your vote is important, but only if you exercise it. In our democracy, your vote is your voice. Make sure it's heard....

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy 2022

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy 2022: On October 13th, 247 years ago, the Continental Congress authorized the procurement, fitting out, manning, and dispatching of two armed vessels to cruise the seas in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America. Thus, on October 13, 1775, the Continental Navy was born. From these humble beginnings arose the most powerful sea

Six Degrees of Fleetwood Mac–Part 2

Six Degrees of Fleetwood Mac–Part 2: When Mike Campbell joined the group, the game of Six Degrees of Separation via Fleetwood Mac expanded into Country Rock and R&B...

The Hall of Fame Is Right to Keep Barry Bonds Out

The Hall of Fame Is Right to Keep Barry Bonds Out: The Baseball Hall of Fame did the right thing in denying PED users entry because integrity still matters...