[October 6, 2025] Standing alone in the Mississippi Delta are several small towns steeped in poverty. One of them is Alligator, Mississippi. Joe & Nic’s Road Trip is a YouTube channel specializing in road trips, mainly visiting the downtowns and neighborhoods of rural America. They capture the decline of these small towns, showing the visual decay and the… Read More »
[October 2, 2025] As a product myself of the Louisiana educational system in the 1950s and 60s, I can attest to the abysmal rates of reading and arithmetic achievement. Mississippi and Louisiana were competitors in the race to the bottom in national education. However, things have turned around, and we have what is known as the Mississippi Reading… Read More »
[October 1, 2025] The journey to fulfillment in life is found through suffering. Taking on all the responsibility you can means confronting everything that needs to be faced. Doing so leads to the gradual improvement of your surroundings. If we accept this as an unavoidable truth, then, facing the world and doing so nobly, there is no upper… Read More »
[September 29, 2025] This article is not about the Assyrian Empire, but it’s worth noting that at one time, this empire was the most powerful in the known world. Historians continue to study this complex empire from its early days in ancient Mesopotamia, lasting nearly 3,000 years, with Assyrians still living today as a recognizable ethnic group.… Read More »
[September 28, 2025] One doesn’t need to be a keen observer to see that political leftists have turned to violence in advance of their causes. Some say the violence has become an epidemic. The real question is why? Mark Steyn, in his article “When the ‘Nice People’ Want to Kill You,” writes: “All that can be said for… Read More »
[September 24, 2025] After a week of activities honoring those who fought in the Vietnam War, I was privileged to speak with a woman whose father was a survivor of the Bataan Death March in April 1942. This is his story, reprinted with permission from his daughter, Barbara. Bataan Peninsula is a mountainous promontory of Luzon Island, part… Read More »
[September 23, 2025] I couldn’t let this opportunity go by without commenting on the Charlie Kirk memorial, held this past Sunday. Attendance was massive by any measure; something like 200,000 with about 70,000 in the stadium. Millions more, like myself, watched online and on television. The memorial represents something more profound than perhaps we can imagine. Long before… Read More »
[September 22, 2025] It will come as a surprise to many, but this is National Dog Week. I’m okay with that because I love dogs; at least I love most of them. They’re loyal and exist to please. Sometimes I think this is God’s reward for humanity. This is the first time that I’ve recognized National Dog Week… Read More »
[September 20, 2025] This morning, in the early hours as I prepare for the last day of honoring our Vietnam Veterans, I watched a clip of Dr. Jordan Peterson discussing the virtue of being a monster. I thought to myself, how appropriate his comments were, because that is what our heroes from that war created, virtuous men who… Read More »
[September 18, 2025] It’s easy for me to sit back in my easy chair and ask a simple question, one that has gnawed at my mind for many years. Today’s Vietnam Veteran is seeking something. I could not answer what it was. Today, we begin the third day of five, during which a small group of volunteers put… Read More »