“I believe it is peace for our time.” -Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister on the 1938 Munich Agreement appeasing Adolph Hitler               One of the senators in the 1962 film adaptation of Allen Drury’s “Advise and Consent” is noted for always stating his position on any matter up for a vote by saying, “Opposed, Sir; […]

Under a clear sun-lit sky, Oregon’s Crater Lake is a gorgeous sight.  It is as beautiful a blue as any body of water I have ever seen.  Check out some photos of it (www.nps.gov) if you haven’t seen it in person. The lake sits in the crater of the old Mount Mazama, which erupted some […]

A good production of “Bye Bye Birdie” is probably more enjoyable now than it was when it first opened on Broadway, back in 1960.  The musical (music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Michael Stewart) is certainly more interesting now than it was then. Then, it was intended as something of a […]

I well recall being harshly corrected by my eighth grade history teacher when I responded to his question with what he insisted was an incorrect answer. What, he had asked, was the cause of the Civil War?  Slavery, I answered.  With a mix of extreme frustration and downright anger, he pounded his fist on his […]