It was autumn 1991: “I know this is uncomfortable, dearie, but it’s still a lot better than the Black and..
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Re: the TV images of American embassies and consulates in flames or under various degrees of siege across the globe...
Ottawa Hills, Ohio, is a small, close-knit community of shaded streets, well-groomed lawns, and a variety of provincial and Tudor-style..
One July day in 1996, the Bain Capital mission of buying distressed businesses, fixing the problems and then selling them..
I had a recent weekend visit by the 17-year-old son of close friends in Australia. James is in a summer..
Last week, upon my return from a two week Mainland trip, I picked up the July 26 Honolulu Star-Advertiser at..
It was inevitable. Just as John F. Kennedy was excoriated by anti-Catholics before winning the Presidential race in 1960, the..
Dov Fischer begins his “American Thinker” commentary June 29 with a startling assertion: “Chief Justice John Roberts has handed a..
From my lanai in Aiea I can see the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor commemorating the loss of 1,177 sailors..
Let’s just call this my “once and for all clear the air” column. In my very first MidWeek column some..
The 100-foot tower is formed by a mish-mash of crude timbers, poles and sticks loosely woven and lashed together in..
Irony of ironies, on May 2 President Obama announced the new slogan for his campaign, “FORWARD,” with his little red,..
The sameness of the vast King Ranch in southern Texas finally came to an end as we saluted our way..
“You know, I think I was just born to turn left,” my wife Susan said jokingly, as we settled into..
We all recall the reason for the Boston Tea Party, right? Ol’ King George and his Massachusetts governor decided to..
The legend of the Peabody ducks: Back in 1932, Frank Schutt, manager of iconic The Peabody Memphis hotel, and his..
Dinesh D’Souza has written a controversial book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage. Having been born and raised in post-colonial India,..
This is the time of year when the mailbox goes from yielding holiday cards to W-2s, 1099s and the income..