by Morning Reflections | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A half-century ago, the Ford Motor Company was embroiled in a national controversy concerning the Pinto, a compact car that sometimes burst into flames when struck from behind. One of the...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFor most of my adult life I’ve been a birdwatcher. Birding, as its practitioners call it, is an interesting hobby. That’s because birds don’t stay still for very long. If you’re trying...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereJackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947.It is difficult to comprehend the sheer hatred he had to face from many fans across the country, even in New York City,...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereHe spent 20 years of his life screaming his head off.As a drill sergeant, he was (in his own words) “the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAmerica lost one of its most gifted writers in 2016 when 70-year-old Pat Conroy died of pancreatic cancer.Conroy’s fiction (The Prince of Tides, The Water is Wide, The Great Santini) was primarily...
