Like the 32nd U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President Kamala Harris is America’s current Happy Warrior. That smile you see, that wonderful laugh, that’s the positive joy of great leadership so badly needed in this...
Read moreBlack Lives Matter: St. Augustine, Florida 1906 Onward
The wonderful picture above was taken in the depth of the Jim Crow era. The date, sometime in 1906 and the location was the historic city of St. Augustine, Florida. And yet, somehow, despite living under the crushing legal and cultural racism of...
Read moreDeSantis Endangers Florida Population and Beyond
Incredibly, our state governor refuses to protect the people he has sworn to serve and is willing to allow the spread of COVID-19 beyond our borders. Ron DeSantis endangers Florida and is making it the primary hot-spot for the virus in the United...
Read moreEnd Entrenched Racist Policing in the U.S. Now!
Racist policing, whether it emanates from a cop on the beat, a police chief, a police union official, an FBI agent or the President of the United States, must be torn from our society by its festering roots, now. The horrible, unforgivable death...
Read moreCOVID Virus Inspiration Courtesy of the Earth
During this most difficult time of the Coronavirus pandemic, I have been keeping myself busy by teaching my 5-year-old granddaughter about geography on my iPhone via FaceTime. She and her parents only live 15 miles away but, we haven’t been able...
Read more100 Words Describing Trump’s Leadership??
In this extraordinarily dangerous time of COVID-19, President Trump’s leadership skills have been on full display, sadly so. Protection of the American people is a president’s #1 priority. Up until this election year of 2020, Donald...
Read moreGeorgia Trail of Tears Ceremony
Sculptor Steve Stone would like to invite you to an important Georgia Trail of Tears ceremony. At 1 PM on Saturday, March 21, 2020 the Mount Oglethorpe Foundation will dedicate Steve’s granite masterpiece to all those Native Americans who were so...
Read moreGeorgia Indian Removal Memorial Project
Steve Stone’s selfie Near the small town of Jasper, Georgia, 50 miles or so north of Atlanta, a 66-year-old self-taught sculptor is carving a huge marble slab in the shed behind his home. He’s doing this as a voluntary community historical...
Read moreHiroshima Nagasaki Viewpoints: Atomic Bombing Decision
Shared in this article are Hiroshima Nagasaki viewpoints expressed by historical leaders regarding the horrific atomic bombings at the end of World War II. These outlooks, many of them from high -ranking military and government officials, show a...
Read moreAtomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The decision to carry out the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 wasn’t as valid as we have been led to believe. In fact, the case against that decision, and the explanations given to us for its implementation, tells...
Read moreTruman’s Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs
President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II, and the killing of over 220,000 people in the process, was unjustified. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bvfGrOQZxQ Lieutenant Walt Dillon...
Read moreMr. Rogers Movie: Remedy for Troubled Times
As my wife, Barbara, and I exited the Enzian Theater in Winter Park, Florida, we both breathed a deep sigh of nostalgia, peace and even hope. We had just viewed the Mr. Rogers movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Growing up, our children loved...
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