Personal Notes
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there! Thanks for all you do. Each corner of the world is made a better place when there is a loving mother there. We always need more loving mothers, too. A special Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom out in California, where she is still going strong…
Forgive me if this post has a patchwork feel to it, but I’ve had a dreadful day. Here’s a telling time line for you: 6:12 a.m. (just before I begin getting ready for work) — A post of mine hits the Internet. 7:21 a.m. (just about the time I’m pulling into my boss’s shop) —…
How like life that this week should find me simultaneously (1) working as much overtime as possible, (2) attempting to devote as much time as possible to the season’s religious obligations, and (3) determined to address some weighty topics here on Anchor Rising (still forthcoming, given my schedule). Against that background, I’m absolutely astonished that…
I didn’t know Russell Jones personally, though he was often in enthusiastic attendance of various political events I covered for Anchor Rising. Mr. Jones touched the lives of a great many people in his 84 years, many of whom would like it known that with his passing, our state, local and national communities are just…
We see eye to eye on nary a thing, but Matt Jerzyk and I will have one thing in common very soon: fatherhood. Congrats to Matt and his wife on the impending birth of their first child. As proof that he has not yet gone through the birthing rite, Matt is apparently blogging from the…
On February 20th, 2003 I started blogging. The next day, February 21, 2003, the Station Night Club Fire (
One of the people in the First Lady’s Box at last night’s State of the Union Address was Army Staff Sgt. Craig Charloux, and old high school friend of mine from Maine. He couldn’t make our 20th reunion this past summer because he was in Iraq. Here’s more about Craig: After leaving the military, Charloux…
What a surprise to find Jonah Goldberg mentioning this morning a unique version of the song Smoke on the Water originally by the rock’n’roll band, Deep Purple, in one of his posts on The Corner. If Deep Purple can make The Corner, then it can make Anchor Rising! Now I know something about Deep Purple,…
Last December, I paid tribute to Ted, a former teacher of mine: Ted was my English teacher in 1971-1972, my junior year in high school. And he was one of four teachers who, over the years, had a profound effect on my life. A high school classmate told me two days ago that Ted had…
Julieanne Dolan writes about comments this week made by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: The most striking moment in his remarks was his response to a question about what he thought people would gain by reading his biography. His short answer was “hope.” A simple, and perhaps common enough answer, but considered in light of…
