My father liked to travel. When I was a child, it was his goal to take his family to every state in the nation, and as many Canadian provinces as possible. Some of these states, we lingered in. I had grandparents in Virginia and Florida. My father had been born and raised in Utah; my…
Month: July 2018
Waters, Washington, and Civility
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has been called “uncivil,” and there’s at least one call for her censure. More on that later. First, I want to tell you a story. ◊♦◊ The year was 1776. The month was December. The winter in Virginia was unusually cold, and the Continental Army was struggling. Soldiers lacked food, shelter,…
White Man Waking
I’m a white man. I have about the whitest pedigree around: The twelfth descendant of Miles Standish and John Alden, with a family tree to prove it. I have plantation owners in my background. Just about any sentence that begins “White people in this country …” applies to something my ancestors did. I spent most…