Fortunately, in looking back through this past holiday week, there’s more to see than my now bigger belly. Of course the big news was North Korea’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. David Glasier from the News-Herald of Northern Ohio brings us a great piece on doctors helping vets with PTSD and other related mental [...]
Loosen the belt another notch–it’s Thanksgiving Day. Although our public schools and a politically correct society continue to distance Thanksgiving from images of Indians and Pilgrims sharing a plate, the History Junkie will not. Like it or not, Thanksgiving can be traced back to Plymouth Colony and the Harvest Celebration of 1621. Perhaps after lunch, [...]
A few weeks back, the History Junkie watched a piece on “60 Minutes” about our elderly being scammed from phone banks in Costa Rica. What? Seriously? Has it really come to this? So sad to see that our modern “confidence men” rely, almost exclusively, on the low hanging fruit. Not only do they target grandma, [...]