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 I understand that people today are reluctant to sign their names to opinions in today's angry world.  I have blogged in the past about ...

  Look at the triangular shape of the image above and imagine the triangle as the three branches of our government--to the left the Legislat...

Do you think these children read Aesop's Fables? Emerson Country School, Stafford County, Kansas  It is said that Aesop lived 600 years ...

U.S. National Park Service  I recently came across a reference to the Battle of Bunker Hill, a famous battle in the Colonies' quest for ...

 For those of you who follow this blog, you already know that I often turn to history in an effort to make sense of the present.  However, I...

 When did the idea of 'Every Child Gets a Trophy' become an education idea?  That is not easily answered, but, the emphasis seems pa...

History--Repeats or Rhymes? Recently we were trying to get organized by getting rid of papers no longer worth keeping.  Some of the document...

  Fossils from our yard in Texas When we moved into a new development in Texas, the land had been an unplowed prairie, it's commercial u...

A Tornado over a Reservoir To improve effectiveness of weather warnings, the Weather-Ready National Program was established by the National ...

When I was a child, there had been a tornado, and the local television station covered the destruction heavily.  Interviews of those impacte...

It is difficult to envision the early decades of correspondence of American political communication, when communication relied on newspapers...

  The Constitution is very limited in establishing traditional guidelines for the inauguration, saying only that there should be a taking of...

  When Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States, I was an attorney at the Veterans Administration in Waco, Texas.  At that ti...

With a New Year just beginning, it is a good time to think about resolutions to improve yourself--the typical vow to lose weight, clean out ...

Thinking about the Sears & Roebuck catalogue seems especially relevant during the holiday season.  We did not have Black Friday sales to...

William Allen White's Typewriter       For many years, my husband and I have wanted to tour the William Allen White home, and when we we...

When I was a child, we always had a freshly cut tree, usually bought at the grocery store.  I still cherish memories of decorating the famil...

 I often look to history for guidance in solving modern problems, wisdom ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Edward R. Murrow to Socrates and ma...

I understand this cemetery is better maintained now. Some time ago I wrote a post about neglected cemeteries and the terrible disrespect sho...

  One bookcase of many in our home. "Hey, kids! It's your old buddy Steve King telling you that if they ban a book in your school ...