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I have been following the brutal invasion of Ukraine closely and though defensive support from the U.S. and NATO has been slow walked or denied over the past year, the Ukrainian people and their president Zelenskyy have proven to be fierce patriots fighting overwhelming odds with military might, holding the Russian army at bay.
“At the altar where I first joined the sanctuary of God I ask to seek divine guidance for me in the great struggle that looms ahead.” General Douglas MacArthur would write that to Dr. W.P. Witsell, rector of Christ Episcopal Church at Little Rock, Ark., prior to the Normandy invasion.
May Day, May Day, May Day.
No, not the universal distress call, although that could be fairly appropriate for most of us these contentious days.
May Days — I’m referring to those magical transforming days we witnessed last month that exude hope and life.
They can make such a big difference in our everyday lives. Every day can be a new day if we lend a little kindness. In today’s troubled world anxiety and uncertainty are ever increasing, and individuals need a bright ray of sunshine to know someone cares. It doesn’t need to cost anything other than a few minutes of time.
After experiencing two years of restrictions, mandates, misinformation, confusion, frustration and now steadily increasing inflation, it was refreshing to rejoin the company of friends at the Millerton American Legion Post 178 Sunday breakfast functions this winter, hosted by the American Legion and the 4-H Dutchess County Long Rifles shooting t
In my last Veteran’s Corner column, I spoke about my thoughts for the New Year. Although it is now the beginning of March, I am continuing to look forward to 2022 with guarded optimism and some pessimism, which hopefully will remain in check.
A tough year just ended, and now another one is upon us. This past 2021 was a conundrum, full of problems, not unlike dining, asking for a steak dinner and being delivered a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was disappointing.
I guess I have always been a proud American, though as a tyke I didn’t always realize it. I learned my family’s ancestors even served during the American Revolution. An ancestor of mine even became POTUS. My grandfather was named after him: Martin VanBuren Conklin.
Antifa; BLM; The 1619 Project; unchecked cancel culture; defund and abuse the police; critical race theory; white supremacy; failed city, state and federal leadership or lack thereof; uncontrolled lawlessness and homelessness; the decay of morals and ethics; the recent invitation to the unvetted world to enter through our southern border now con
They can make such a big difference in our everyday lives. Little acts of kindness take little effort and have big results.
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