You don’t have to work in a food bank or help the homeless to do some good. Websites like Kind Traveler offer suggestions, small and larger. — Last June, I took my two college-aged kids on a trip to the Pacific Northwest. One day, daughter McKenna wanted to go to Vancouver, but son Preston couldn’t travel to Canada since he wasn’t vaccinated. He agreed to be dropped off at the border town of Bellingham, Wash., for a…

The question is not how to solve the problem. The question is do most older Americans want to solve it at all. — Somewhere in the middle of 1971 rural Tennessee, where you could still smell the stench from the blood of Freedom Riders all the way from Alabama when an unlikely breeze blew in from the lakes on a hot summer day, my family stopped at the Cockroach Motel. We had risen…

Many people relax at a beach or mountain resort during annual vacations. I drive long distances with my kids, chasing a moment to really remember. — We do not take a trip; a trip takes us. — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America, 1961 This is Part 1 of two parts. It is almost dark as Dad drives the station wagon over the Texas border into Arkansas. We are on our annual long…

FBI Director Hoover replied to suspect in letter about four years after Kennedy’s assassination; most ignore this compelling evidence By Kevin James Shay COPYRIGHT 2022 This article was updated on November 17, 2022. As the anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death approaches once again, the new information released about the…

From Don the Con to My Pillow Guy and Trench Coat Man, here are updates on some of the biggest players involved in the Trump coup attempt and Capitol attack, aka Trump Operation Chaos. With the March 3rd arrest of Brandon Dillard, aka Spider Nazi, one more January 6th villain…

Uncle John dressed in drag in public and performed for kids way back in the 1950s. No one targeted him or used him in a political campaign. In fact, news reports even spoke favorably. By day, he was a warehouse manager who worked hard to support his family which included…

If sifting through the ashes of Trump Operation Chaos wasn’t such a serious, tragic, dire situation for the country and world, this would make a wacky Mel Brooks film. The QAnon Shaman, Trench Coat Man, Headless Time Traveler, and Spider Nazi are just a few of the er, colorful characters…

If Ulysses S. Grant was alive today, what would he do about today’s brand of political chaos? In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, on the far east side of the National Mall, stands a relatively little-known memorial for one of this country’s underrated presidents. Many people drive by this…

About 5,000 Americans die in workplaces annually. Some say employers do little to prevent the next one than cover up what happened. Soon after celebrating my mom’s eighth birthday, her dad retired early to get a few hours of sleep before returning to work at a central Pennsylvania coal mine…