It was a late summer Sunday afternoon in 1961 and my parents had driven into downtown Philadelphia to witness the 137th Billy Graham Crusade. I was 7 at the time, and the poster child of what later became known as AD/HD. I certainly didn’t know this then, but I was told that most Philly doctors … [Read more…]
Monday our country will celebrate its 240th anniversary of freedom. But freedom to or from what, as there seems to be a lot of confusion on the subject today? Certainly it encompasses freedoms that come with the Bill of Rights, those 1st ten Amendments to our enduring Constitution – such as the liberty to put … [Read more…]
We’ve all heard the old cliché, “Some things never change.” Well I think I’ve found something that has. When I was kid and observed people get ticked over something, they’d rip off one of the handful of choice expletives of that generation. But today it’s different. Oh yes, we hear those same profanities, but in … [Read more…]
All of us ought to feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude to Indiana Jones for finding it and Paramount Pictures for reporting it. It’s just so sad that governmental bureaucracy and inefficiency lost it all over again; this time not in the sands of Egypt, but inside some obscure marble warehouse in D.C. Of course, … [Read more…]
I like sports, both to play ’em and to watch ’em. Those who know me consider me a fan of all teams Philadelphia. I’ve been a Phillies fan since 1963 when Richie Allen won “Rookie of the Year.” I’ve been an Eagles fan since Tommy McDonald demonstrated that little guys can play a big man’s … [Read more…]
