When I was 3 and a half, I was featured in a book. There was a full-spread page with a photo of me leaning up against a borehole in the town of Centralia, smoke was billowing from the background and a group of teenagers were running from the camera–one may have been my brother. The … Read moreFather and son photographic reunion..
The 15 is ready. Are we? There have been a lot of folks ‘down’ on New Years lately—people are taking the approach that staying in is better than going out. And I completely get that. The notion of sharing a night with amateurs who pronounce Filet Mignon as “fill it mig nun” isn’t too appealing. … Read moreTWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN
The year was 1961.. The Soviet Union was rumored to have begun a plan to test nuclear weapons at the North Pole. An 8-year-old named Michelle Rochon was motivated by the fear of this potential issue and she wrote then President John F. Kennedy a letter. Her words were simple.. she was a child with … Read moreThe year Santa Claus was safe
A few days ago I wrote an article concerning a sad and tragic historical account of the killing fields in Guyana Africa in the late 1970s at Jonestown.. The term “drink the Kool-Aid” comes from a minister who inspired his flock to take a suicide poison.. to die.. those who did not freely except their … Read moreTHE GOD PIMPS
I was not living during Jonestown.. the massacre occurred before I entered this world–at least in the current incarnation I inhabit. But I have been both fascinated and perplexed by what Jim Jones was able to obtain: The complete submission of a large group of people, to the point where they chose death.. The choice … Read moreThe Jonestown express: Why it still matters. And why we should never forget