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August 2017

August 08, 2017

RIP Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell died today. One of the earliest memories I have is watching him...

August 04, 2017

RIP Robert Hardy

Just saw Mr. Hardy passed away. To many people today, he's known from the Harry Potter films....

June 2017

June 20, 2017

RIP Otto Warmbier

Otto Warmbier, the student who was seized by the North Koreans a year and a...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

To the Veterans

All thanks, prayers and appreciation: Lest we forget: 'Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Game over

I was saddened to hear of Bill Paxton's death. I grew up with Mr. Paxton....

February 24, 2017

RIP Alan Colmes

Alan Colmes has died. Alan was part of Hannity and Colmes, an early breakout show...

February 23, 2017

Happy Birthday Dad

You would have been 87 today, a respectable age for any Ohio hobbit. Unfortunately, Alzheimer's...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Who turned the world on with a smile

That would be Mary Tyler Moore. The sad news has come through that she passed...

January 13, 2017

A life well lived

Thousands line the streets to see Steven McDonald one last time. Det. McDonald was a police...

January 02, 2017

RIP William Christopher

As if 2016 needed one more victim, only hours before the year ended, William Christopher...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

Eternal rest

We don't watch much television. The boys like old reruns and sports. Sometimes a...

December 17, 2016

RIP Henry Heimlich

Henry Heimlich has died. The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, I can't guess how many...

December 16, 2016

I think there is one thing that unites all Americans

And it's that we're ready for 2016 to be over. It's been a crazy, roller...

December 08, 2016

Godspeed John Glenn

John Glenn, astronaut, senator, hero and all around great guy, has passed. I never knew...

December 07, 2016

It was 75 years ago today

That all hell was unleashed on a sunny, Sunday morning on Oahu, Hawaii. By the...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Goodbye Mr. Delligatti

And thank you. Mr. Jim Delligatti, who invented the Big Mac, died today at the...

November 26, 2016

The best reflection on the death of Fidel Castro

Courtesy of Mark Shea. Yep, that pretty much sums it up. Of course anyone in...

November 11, 2016

To my favorite veteran

Thanks for the service Dad. I miss you. Prayers for you and all who served so...

November 11, 2016

C.S. Lewis on Veterans Day

Courtesy of The American Catholic.

November 11, 2016

An eerie recording from Armistice Day

In 1918, the British were using recordings and the recorded signals were recorded on film....

October 2016

October 24, 2016

RIP Jack Chick

Jack Chick, famed fundamentalist Christian Cartoonist, has died. God rest his soul. Truth be told,...

October 06, 2016

Absolultely beautiful

For the funeral of six year old Jacob Hall, a call went out for everyone...

October 01, 2016

RIP Jacob Hall

Jacob Hall, the little boy who was shot at a South Carolina school, died today....

September 2016

September 12, 2016

American heroes

Remembering some of the heroes we sometimes forget. At the time, of course, the passengers...

September 11, 2016

Remember

"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children...

September 10, 2016

We are not worthy

But perhaps we'll turn around in time. Only God and future generations will know. Nonetheless,...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

RIP Gene Wilder

Just saw the news. Sad. I'm sure this will receive much coverage and many stories...

August 13, 2016

RIP Kenny Baker

To a kid my age, Kenny Baker was as important as Frank Sinatra or John...