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National Parks ≠ National Ball Parks (opens the original)
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“As American as baseball and apple pie” is a wonderful cliché, but is also a historically inaccurate metaphor for our most beloved national symbols. Baseball grew out of English and other European bat-and-ball games before Americans shaped it into our national pastime. Apple pies were baked in Eng
Why America Needs E Pluribus Unum Again (opens the original)
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Out of Many, One | The United States after 250 Years Part 5Author’s Note: This is part of a series of essays leading up to America’s 250th birthday. The series will explore the meaning of E Pluribus Unum — “Out of many, one” — and what that founding aspiration asks of us today. This final essay was purposely published after Independence Day.The Fireworks Are OverTwo months have passed since we celebrated America’s 250th birthday. We are now in the second-quarter millennium, and
Have family in the military? Demand accountability from Congress. (opens the original)
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Note: Below is a piece I wrote that appeared in the August 23rd print editions of both the Greensboro News & Record and Winston-Salem Journal. Although the Call To Action in the concluding paragraphs was directed at my fellow North Carolinians, it applies to every American regardless of what state you reside.Military service is a significant part of North Carolina’s identity. If your family or neighbors include someone serving, you should ask whether our members of Congress are doing everything
Leadership 101: Take Care of Your People (opens the original)
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Over the past year, the Navy has called on several ships to extend deployments beyond the norm, asking those serving aboard to endure the extraordinary hardship of months at sea.<img alt="USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts U.S
A Day in the Life of the Carrier Sailor | What you do not see in Top Gun (opens the original)
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