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“If we are going to use history for our pleasure and amusement, we must also use it for the education of the people; and if we are going to distort history to suit our own ends, we must remember that the truth will always come back to haunt us.” ~ W.E.B. Dubois One person who was haunted by the history of his time was President … Continue reading A Prayer For My Country
Recently, the song “Scarborough Fair” by Simon & Garfunkel suddenly appeared on my YouTube feed. I was feeling a bit down at the time, and it arrived as a much-needed lift. I closed my eyes, leaned my chair back, and took in the beautiful ballad. As I listened, a “golden moment” came to mind—one that my fraternity brother, Mark Pearson, surely remembers. It was 1968, … Continue reading Scarborough Fair: Revisited
Charlie Brown famously said, “Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, ‘Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?’ “Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, ‘Life is neither. It’s a thousand word essay.”’ Over the years I’ve been writing my essays and sometimes, on a rainy day, when I sit back … Continue reading Easter Has Arrived