Author: Alan Webber
A CRATER WHERE IRAN USED TO BE
When I was a senior at Clifton Central, I witnessed one of the strangest scenes I’ve ever seen…before or since. If you’ve never seen the Crater, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a…
SHE DID HAVE A HEART by Rick Scott
For all of you readers of Alan’s blog, I know you’ve heard some stories about growing up in the “Big” city of Chebanse Illinois. Well, here’s some confirmation from the far north side of…
HOW DID WE GET HERE? A WAKE-UP CALL FOR EVERY AMERICAN
I honestly cannot wrap my head around this. California passed, or is considering, a law using the term “perinatal,” which medically includes the time up to about a month after a baby is…
THE CUBS, AS ALWAYS
Note – written in mid-March, before the season started. It was the English poet Alexander Pope who penned the words, “Hope springs eternal,” back in 1732—one hundred fourteen years before the New York…
A SPACE IN TIME – CHAPTER 5
President Lincoln slept fitfully that night. He dreamt he had been shot—and that this time he had not survived. He saw Mary seated in black, her face hollow with grief. Robert stood beside…
THE MOST ATTACKED PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY
I’m going to speak honestly about something that has been on my mind for a long time. I have lived through the presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George…
WASHINGTON’S FAVORITE TRICK – WRITE THE LAWS, THEN BLAME THE ENFORCERS
More than 40 years ago, columnist Charley Reese wrote a blunt observation about American politics: “Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.” 545…
MEANWHILE…
Keeping up with the news these days can feel a bit like drinking from a fire hose. One of the latest examples involves testimony before the House Oversight Committee concerning Jeffrey Epstein —…
A SPACE IN TIME – CHAPTER 4
President Lincoln laughed heartily at Hawk’s line. Mary glanced at him and smiled. It was so good to hear him laugh again. He had not laughed in months. Behind them, the door to…
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