Worthy of a state funeral

Sometimes there are things in this world that just beggar explanation — like the story of the whale that swam up the Thames river, where sadly, today it died. People took notice of this rare event, watching the  [more...]

In 2001, when a jet careened over my neighborhood and smashed into the Pentagon a mile or so away, I knew it signaled a change in the world — and in DC, it resulted in the battening down of every hatch, the  [more...]

It’s interesting, isn’t it, how Bob Hope (who turns 100 today) came to be associated so firmly with the song “Thanks for the Memory” – and in turn, the song took on a meaning unlike it had  [more...]