What You Should Do This Weekend
Very simple plan: 1. Download the Fox Nation app. 2. Watch America’s Top Ranger. Three hour-long episodes. Keep an eye out for Team 41. Happy Memorial Day! Being America's Top Ranger takes guts,...
View ArticleSave Babies, Help Moms, Hit the Tip Jar!
It’s that time of year again — Saturday is the annual Walk for Life to raise money for Richland Pregnancy Services in Mansfield, Ohio. Last year, we rattled the tip jar for this event because my wife’s...
View ArticleSgt. McCain: Behind Enemy Lines
My Army son just survived a mission in hostile territory. He has been assigned to the newly revived 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska, which will specialize in arctic combat. Just in case there...
View ArticleThe Fourth of July and the Partriotic Return of the Big Yellow Button
LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA My family and I are gathered here this Saturday for the funeral of my Aunt Pat, one of the finest Southern ladies you can imagine, and I have been asked to speak a brief...
View ArticleEulogy for a Great Southern Lady
(My cousin Trish asked me to give a eulogy for my Aunt Pat Huber at the memorial service July 2 in Mableton, Georgia.) The Roman poet Ovid said, “If you want to be loved, be lovable.” And I think...
View ArticleWalrus Hunters Rescued in Canada
When my wife told me this story, which sounds like it was written by Jack London, I could scarcely believe it, but now I’ve seen the pictures and watched the video — screencap above — and can confirm...
View ArticleJust a Random Grandbaby Video
Got some day-job stuff to keep me busy this morning, and I’m thinking about doing one of my long, long posts that might take all day (or longer) to write. Glenn Reynolds recently shared “Thoughts on...
View ArticleMusic Cue: ‘Immigrant Song’
Genealogy is fun, although I’m not entirely sure that online sources are reliable. At any rate, my son Jefferson texted me today about some of the research I’d done. It seems his girlfriend’s family...
View ArticleHow Am I Related to Pocahontas?
Having traced the ancestry of my paternal grandmother Perlonia McCain (née Bolt) all the way back to Rollo the Viking — seriously, that’s what the Internet says — my son Jefferson also took a look at...
View ArticleWill You Still Feed Me?
When I get older, losing my hair, Many years from now, Will you still be sending me a Valentine? Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I’d been out till quarter to three, Would you lock the door? Will...
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