Published on January 20th, 2016 | by Ken Levin
We are in a presidential election year, and though all presidential elections are special, this one is unique. Many of these candidates, like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, are unique in the number of new voters they …... Read More →
Published on November 18th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
Recently, my son Herschel and I were invited to be the guests on the Friday evening radio interview on Coog Radio. Nothing controversial is allowed, no religion and no politics — keep it clean. It’s a …... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
In elementary school, back in my day, on Nov. 11 at exactly 11 a.m., my entire school stood for a minute of silent reflection to commemorate the end of hostilities in World War I. It was …... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
In 1938 and 1939 things were different. I was still young, but old enough to recognize what was happening around me. We were still in the Great Depression and a nickel was hard to come by. …... Read More →
Published on October 28th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
Back in the 1930s, when I was a boy still wearing short pants or knickers, my daddy taught me that wearing boxer shorts and long pants does not make you a man. He made sure that …... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2015 | by Ken Levin
When I was young, driving was important. In my family, it was variable. For instance, when my daddy’s family left the farm in eastern Virginia in 1918 and took a boat north to Baltimore, my paternal …... Read More →
Published on October 14th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
Well, there has been another school shooting, this time at a community college in Oregon. A white madman gunned down seven students, their professor and wounded many more. The result was a wringing of hands and …... Read More →
Published on October 7th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
I am against war. I also recognize that we, as a nation, have enemies, and it sometimes takes lethal action to stop the danger from those enemies. There are many who oppose the American drone program because …... Read More →
Published on September 30th, 2015 | by Ken Levin
There is a threat afoot from certain members of Congress to shut down our government as a means of getting their way on a certain issue. My feelings: go for it, shut it down. Who wants …... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2015 | by Ken Levin
Way back in 1942, my mother volunteered to be an Air Raid warden in northwest Baltimore, where we lived at the time. We lied about my age so I could volunteer to be a Civil …... Read More →
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