By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
Don’t those Republican candidates for President have bigger issues to consider than one man’s religion? Oh, I understand the candidate who raised the issue is hiding behind the coattails of a fundamentalist preacher, but in my opinion, he isn’t showing much courage of either supporting the attack on a fellow candidate [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
In this era of everything on instant demand, little wonder that one of America’s icons has disappeared from our roadside. I speak, of course, about the famous Burma Shave signs that once entertained us with rhymed philosophy as we drove the byways.
Obviously, no one today is driving slow enough to read [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
I don’t pretend to understand the logic of those who say the President and the military violated the Constitutional rights of due process by hunting down and killing Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.
Critics like Republican Senator Ron Paul contend that al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen from New Mexico, should have been arrested and [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
You may have missed it with all the media hype over a rogue satellite tumbling from the skies toward the United States, but there was something else in the air last Friday, Sept. 23. In the wee hours while we slept, we changed seasons.
It is now fall, even though the temperatures [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
You may have missed it with all the media hype over a rogue satellite tumbling from the skies toward the United States, but there was something else in the air last Friday, Sept. 23. In the wee hours while we slept, we changed seasons.
It is now fall, even though the temperatures [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
This may sound strange, but I am cursed with a photographic memory. If you wish you had such a gift, be careful what you wish for.
Since electronic technology switched from film for which the principal ingredient is silver nitrate, to digital imaging using pixels mapped onto a grid and stored in [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
Of all the 9/11 stories of a decade since terrorists attacked the United States, one stood out for me as a sign of hope. It was a simple story with a powerful message, written by Phil Gast of CNN about Gee Rittenhouse who was one of those searching in the rubble [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
I am an English language freak. I have notebooks filled with odd facts about the Mother Tongue. For example did you know that the longest one syllable word in the English language is “screeched.” I particularly like vowels and could probably be a contender for Wheel of Fortune.
Think about this: “Rhythms” [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
A column reader, Lorie Hemm of Elkton, wants to know why I haven’t written a column about my tomato harvest this year. The only answer I have to share with her is my Southern family recipe for fried green tomatoes. I sent her a card with the recipe enclosed.
Sadly, that tells [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
Old age has some advantages not just aches and pains. The other day in a supermarket I was wiling away time while my wife shopped and I noticed activity in a particular aisle. I wandered over to see what the fuss was about. A mother was arguing with her teenage son [...]
