… American Pie legendary; “All Too Well,” not really It has existed for 50 years on top, but 76-year-old Don McLean was classy after his...

… Ben did lambast the Bald Eagle, but was he serious The letter from Benjamin Franklin to his daughter centuries ago was quite clear. He...

President Lincoln with the Thanksgiving Proclamation: National Archives … the reason is not the one we think of today When did...

Repost from a year ago Jackie and John and Caroline, 1964 Pinterest Moments of gratitude: The memorable Thanksgiving morning on which I...

… climate change deniers beware In recent papers I have read from students, the grim future for our younger generations is becoming...

“A card-carrying communist”? Robert Welch said so … Interstate Highway System greatest accomplishment Over the past century, few...

Will be impeached and removed but will not face prison time Jason Ravnsborg refused to resign after being deemed culpable of negligently...

… why John F. Kennedy, Jr.? To see how far America has fallen, just look at photos of the people who traveled to Dallas to spend time in...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Sometimes, you read what is in front of you. That has been the case for the last six...

Women who opposed their own right to vote … the ridiculousness of “Originalism” Let us be realistic about one thing: The founding fathers...

Repost from February 20, 2020 The trial of Italian immigrants Amedeo Tranquillo and Dominick Naples in Lilly, Pa. in June 1924, part of...

Repost October 28, 2018 Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooting: Where does hatred originate in people? — Richard Rodgers in South...

Ray. Gricar, courtesy of CNN [This story was posted on my Hugh Brady Conrad blog on blogspot on April 14, 2015, one that Google has...

Schools have become the epicenter or political unrest Strange how some violence is horrific to people but other violent action is not....

… “A blot on my record” The headlines about the death of former general, Secretary of State, and National Security Agency director Colin...

… 58 years later, no excuse for this According to a weekend statement, the White House is once again delaying the release of the complete...

... a man who grew up on a farm on the “Lilly Level.” Ph.D. from Penn State, 33 years as professor at Ball State University, leading...

Saturday, October 26, 2002 Post-Gazette LILLY, Pa. -- Perhaps one day, in a kitchen near Washington, D.C., years after John Allen...

Flashback: Lilly Shootings, 1975, my recollections Lilly 40 years after the shootings First posted on Blogspot April 08, 2017 ... a scary...

Big Brother Google I chuckle when I read that some were considering Joe Biden’s America to be similar to that of “1984.” Most of them...