Today is the sixty-fourth anniversary of the Allied landings on the continent of Europe during World War II.  I’m privileged to have visited Normandy and the cemetery where so many Americans who died on Omaha Beach that day are buried.
The cemetery is a beautiful place—a serene, idyllic Garden of Eden.  Were it not for the […]

Since Stafford Education Association president Martin announced some of her members were going to “work to rule” and not put in one second longer than they had to to fulfill their contract, the rest of the population has moved on to other things….like finding the money to pay higher taxes, higher fuel prices, higher utility […]

I dont’ think it’s any surprise that we Republicans are looking at a, how shall I say this, “tough” election year. In fact, we are probably going to have our heads handed to us on a platter on election day.  If you believe it’s an unpopular president, an unpopular war, high gas prices, plummeting home […]

By now we’ve learned of Senator Ted Kennedy’s malignant brain tumor.  From all indications, it is likely terminal meaning the senator is now staring directly at death.  As our political leaders fight back the tears to sing Kennedy’s praises, I can’t help thinking about a young person who died tragically approximately forty years ago.  Unlike Kennedy, she […]