“I can’t write,” is the response I often hear from people who have had an interesting life but shy away from writing about their experiences. That’s too bad, because many of us have lives filled with lessons and stories that others can benefit from, provided someone shares them. True enough, lessons can Read more…
I haven’t met many Presidents. The only formal introduction was to President George W. Bush in 2005. On that occasion I was paraded through the Oval Office with several of my Republican Virginia House of Delegate colleagues for a publicity picture shaking hands with the President. It was pleasant. He met with all Read more…
There were 333.3 million people living in the United States in 2022. Of that number, 260 million, or about 78 percent, are adults. Of that number, 168 million, or just 64 percent of all adults, are registered voters. Of them, 154 million, or 91 percent, voted in 2020. That was huge. These are the statistics. Read more…
For several decades, America has been engaged in “Affirmative Action.” That concept had its origin during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The term first materialized in 1961, when then President John F. Kennedy created the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. His Special Legal Counsel and Executive Vice Chairman to that Committee, a Read more…