One of the pleasant duties of America’s most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country.
In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042.
It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation’s welfare beyond their terms in office.
When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis.
As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other.
America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.
Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.
Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite enough ammunition to kill Americans for the next century, even if Guantanamo did not exist.
The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it.
Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live.