There is another day that will also now live in infamy in American history. A day when five tragic and unnecessary deaths occurred at our nation’s Capitol. They were added to the day’s death count in America of nearly 4,000 deaths due to the even larger and equally unnecessary tragedy of the COVID-19 virus. The…
We Could Be Heroes
Dotted across the map of our country are pedestals upon which are the sculpted likenesses of those whom we chose to immortalize for their impact on our country and humanity. Lincoln sits upon the throne of wisdom, gazing down with thoughtful compassion in Washington D.C. Sybil Ludington, a Revolutionary War hero, rides high on a…
Remembering Apollo 11 – The unity of exploration and the exploration for unity.
It was 50 years ago that three human beings – Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins – departed planet Earth to attempt taking a species-defining step onto another cosmic body. On July 16th, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission blasted through the atmospheric boundary between our world and space, towards what, as a certain fictional…
A 4th Meaning.
A 4th Meaning
Farewell, Starman.
I remember when the needle first dropped onto the soundtrack record of my life. The specific day was a typical Saturday morning late in my adolescence. The place was my childhood home in Boston, MA. While mowing down bowls of Alpha-Bits breakfast cereal, I spun around the box and noticed one of the many attention…