The News Reporter: the Beginning
My unfinished, typed novel sat next to me on the desk in my bedroom in Farmington Hills, MI. It was 1979 and I was 11 years old. I didn’t need a publisher to finish my book. I needed a new ink ribbon for my Tom Thumb typewriter. The book was going to be a masterpiece. […]
The Flood of the Century
I stood atop a 30-foot-tall levee on the banks of the Mississippi River near Quincy, Illinois, on July 25th, 1993. I peered over the edge, piled about 4-feet high by sandbags that stretched as far as the eye could see in either direction. The other side of the levee two feet in front of 25-year-old […]
American Heroes: The Veterans
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran on July 3rd, 2023, but it’s perfectly relevant for Veterans Day and any other U.S. holiday that celebrates our veteran soldiers, our country, and our American history and heritage. Be thankful for those veterans who fought and lived — and fought and died — to give us our freedoms […]