“Like a good neighbor…”  We can instantly finish the jingle, can’t we?  “State Farm is there.”  Today is National Good Neighbor Day.  It’s not about an insurance company.  It’s about the concept that we are supposed to be good neighbors.  While the concept is wonderful, it seems highly outdated since most of us don’t even… Read More »

From 1939 to 1945, World War II made the headlines of newspapers and magazines across the world.  It all started when Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany led the Slovak Republic and the Soviet Union to invade Poland on September 1, 1939.  “One of the aims of the invasion was to divide Polish territory at the end… Read More »

Leroy Page was born July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Alabama.  Due to his father’s unsavory character, the family wanted to distance themselves from the last name, changing it from Page to Paige.  Leroy was busy working on his own delinquent reputation, getting himself into trouble every step of the way.  At one point, his antics… Read More »

Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, and John Couch Adams are names probably none of us recognize.  If you do recognize those names, you are worthy of being a contestant on Jeopardy!  These men made their mark on the world on September 23-24, 1846, the same year that the Liberty Bell cracks, the saxophone is… Read More »

Our world was significantly changed for the better in 1930 and we have the Continental Baking Company of Illinois to thank.  They had all these unused shortbread pans laying around and someone thought, “What could we do with these?”  They hit upon a brainstorm!  Fill them with cake and inject them with a cream filling. … Read More »

Nobody is safe when it comes to presidential campaigns.  The mudslinging begins immediately.  This isn’t anything new and I’m not referring to our current presidential barrage of insults. John Adams, who served as George Washington’s vice president was an expected winner for election.  His reelection, though, wasn’t such a smooth ride.  “Adams was known in… Read More »

Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States.  He holds the unique distinction of the being the only person to have never been elected to the office of President or Vice-President.  President Nixon appointed him as Vice-President when Spiro Agnew resigned.  Ford took office in December 1973.  Then, upon Nixon’s resignation in… Read More »

Everywhere you look, there are couples.  Dating couples.  Engaged couples.  Married couples.  Snuggling, handholding, arm-in-arm, kissing, giggling, googly-eyed couples.  It’s enough to make you gag a little bit, isn’t it?  But we know Scripturally that marriage is a good thing blessed by God. If it’s so great, though, why is half the population single? While… Read More »

Patriotic Americans will often fly other flags along with the Stars and Stripes.  They might fly the flags that have the colored stripes, known as the Thin Line flags.  Others may fly the flag of the military branch under which they served, or they have a loved one serving.  One flag, though, causes a lump… Read More »

As the United States formed as a nation, it had no place to call home for its government.  Congress met in eight different cities to conduct the affairs of the nation.  “In 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, which gave President Washington the power to select a permanent home for the federal government. The following… Read More »