Mr. Phillips’ Warning

I can still clearly remember sitting in my high school Journalism class on Wednesday, November 9, 1960 — the day after the presidential election. Everyone in the classroom couldn’t stop talking about the exciting election results that we had… Read the rest

November 4th – Happy Birthday, Mom!

We’d always kid my mother about her birthday being special because it fell on “election day.” It seemed that every time her birthday rolled around there was also an election scheduled, even though she personally didn’t celebrate birthdays –… Read the rest

Decision Day

I came to a decision today. It is unfair for me to continue to be a registered Republican.

My very first vote was for Barry Goldwater. I’ve had to swallow hard at times since then to vote Republican, and… Read the rest