Long before the Pledge of Allegiance July 18, 2019 The United States Mint first used E Pluribus Unum on coins in 1795, (on the Half Eagle $5.00 gold piece) In Latin it means… Continue Reading
Give’m Harry July 15, 2019 I read the following wonderful summary of Harry Truman on Facebook today. Then I looked at the apparently pro-Trump author’s Facebook Page. He didn’t… Continue Reading
Giving a hero his due 100 years late July 9, 2019 CBS covers the work of the George Robb Center for the Study of World War 1 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-butler-professors-dig-through-history-to-prove-wwi-hero-deserves-medal-of-honor-2019-07-04/ Continue Reading
Avoiding Rabbit Holes on the Solstice June 21, 2019 After six hard fought hours dreaming leading up to today’s solstice I woke up stewing about a young woman who entered my last dream… Continue Reading
More on Grant, my Grandfather the Republican Party and me June 19, 2019 I mentioned in the last post that generations of Southerners and Democrats libeled US Grant as a butcher. I found a 2013 post about… Continue Reading
General Grant June 18, 2019 At the Quora site on the Internet in which people ask questions and experts show up out of nowhere to answer them I read… Continue Reading
75 years ago June 5, 2019 This is one of the pictures I took of the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha beach last September. Seventy-five years ago, on another June 6th,… Continue Reading
Memorial Day Remembrance May 27, 2019 At noon I put up our US flag for Memorial Day. I’m not a fanatic about following the rules or it would have gone… Continue Reading
Eudora’s latest – Family Heirlooms May 9, 2019 It begins: “I spent last night polishing a family heirloom to send to my son. It’s was set aside for him years ago before… Continue Reading
Giving minority American soldiers their due April 28, 2019 This is a gratifying news story tying my Grandfather to today’s attempt to rectify old intentional historical oversights. It was something he attempted to… Continue Reading
Thank you Mary KifFMEYER for saving us from the Indians April 26, 2019 I got her last name spelled wrong so before I go any farther with this post I’m just putting this much in to remind… Continue Reading
The Hippy National Anthem April 11, 2019 I enjoyed this NPR story about the musical group, The Youngbloods” contribution to the “Summer of Love.” Get Together came out in my junior… Continue Reading
Maybe I’ll write more later today April 3, 2019 Three hours since rolling out of bed before I got to the blog. That was an hour of morning miscellaney and two hours of… Continue Reading
The Children of Lincoln March 7, 2019 I found my latest book order in the mail today. Its about how former defenders of newly freed slaves in Minnesota burned out and… Continue Reading
Nixon & Trump in Stone February 2, 2019 A perfect accompaniment to my recent Reader Column: Pretty good Nixon impression too: “Well I met your guy…” replay it and listen close Continue Reading
Bonhoeffer vs Hitler and and the attack on my nemesis January 30, 2019 For the last two months I’ve been avoiding the last great organization of my house – the higgledy-pigaledy files I’ve successfully brought together up… Continue Reading
Nixonite not Kryptonite, Either one is deadly to supermen January 30, 2019 After skipping a Not Eudora column for the past two weeks I am pleased to have cranked one out yesterday. It remains to be… Continue Reading
Beware those who cherish the history they’ve never studied January 24, 2019 And by the way. The only reason a person would wear a hat saying “Make America Great Again” is because they don’t think America… Continue Reading
41 RIP December 1, 2018 I have never shaken the hand of a President of the United States. I did shake the hand of one Vice President. But the… Continue Reading