(Updated from a post I made at RedState.com in 2010. Looks better here, without commercial interruption.) A law student takes his date, a med student, to Ruby Tuesday’s for dinner. In the course of conversation, while being served, the young…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Unfinished Business- “Unfinished Society”
This is Part II of “Unfinished Business”, which is a theme that just sort of eases into the minds of men and women as they near the sunset of their lives. I’m 76 and still have a to-do list I…
To be American, American Exceptionalism and Assimilation- How Things Worked
I think there is a general misconception of just what assimilation means to the ideal of “to be American”. To understand American exceptionalism you must first realize that it was created by the American people, not scholars nor political theoreticians. It…
Unfinished Business; Memories are Resume Enhancements
As I noted in my free book offering at another section of this site, my wife suddenly decided to end her business association of nearly 20 years with AmazonBooks, and decided to chuck close to a thousand volumes we had…
Famous Common People I Have Known, “Me”, or Thanks, Cincinnati
I’ve sprinkled little vignettes of my background all over this site, many of “Famous Common People I Have Known” series are drawn from my life among the trees. My fondest memories are of trees and things associated with trees. (see…