Uncle Kenny, a Hero Among Heroes of the Greatest Generation
“Our roll of honor is long, but it holds no nobler figure.”
—John Buchan, Pilgrim’s Way
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Random Acts
A Powerful New Novel Of The First World War By A Powerful New Author A 12-year-old girl is led out into the town square and flogged mercilessly, to the chants of “Spy!” and “Traitor!” shouted by frenzied onlookers, until her clothes and her very skin hang in shreds. This scene from Linda Steele’s novel Random
On The Road Again
On The Road Again By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “It’s better to wear out than to rust out.” Grandpa Swinehart One warm spring evening in 2018, my wife LaVon observed, “I can’t see the stars here,” referring to light pollution obliterating the night sky of our home in Wilmington, North Carolina. At that point, we
SAWSHANK REMEMBERED: My Life Behind Bars
SAWSHANK REMEMBERED: My Life Behind Bars By Dr. Lorin Swinehart PART II The voice behind me ordered, “Would you please step aside, Sir?” It was a sunny June evening, and I had been standing at the counter, following standard protocol, emptying my briefcase and my pockets, removing my belt because the buckle frequently triggered
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SAWSHANK REMEMBERED: My Life Behind Bars
SAWSHANK REMEMBERED: My Life Behind Bars By Dr. Lorin Swinehart PART I“Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here” Those dolorous words of Dante’s trailed helter-skelter across my mind as I sat at a table in the reception area of the old Ohio State Reformatory on that spring evening so many years ago. A huge
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LAPSANG SOUCHONG TEA: Nectar for the Gods Who Dwell Atop Olympus
LAPSANG SOUCHONG TEA:Nectar for the Gods Who Dwell Atop Olympus By Dr. Lorin Swinehart We all have our eccentricities. My tastes include peanut butter and onion sandwiches, ala Ernest Hemingway, pinto beans scorched to perfection over a smoldering campfire, chili hot enough to melt the enamel off one’s molars and a peculiar smoky flavored
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Yesterday’s Enemies/Today’s Friends
Yesterday’s Enemies/Today’s Friends By Dr. Lorin Swinehart For a number of years, my Dad worked alongside a man who had served in the Pacific during World War II. He had many stories to share, one involving a Japanese soldier who was spotted walking through their camp in the jungle wearing an American army uniform.
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THE SPIRIT OF ’76—Persecution, Slavery, War and Genocide in Revolutionary America
THE SPIRIT OF ’76 —Persecution, Slavery, War and Genocide in Revolutionary America By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Any cataclysm, like a war, brings out the very best in some, acts of courage, kindness, forgiveness and self sacrifice, while causing the very darkest of traits to surface in others. As we have all too often observed
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Crystal Moment
Crystal Moment By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Some days I wake up walking over the desert and see pieces of me everywhere.” —James Tipton It was a warm June evening, with a full moon coursing across a crystalline sky. I had hiked into a remote campsite deep in the forest with my friends Ron and
The Return Of Bucky Beaver
The Return Of Bucky Beaver By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Back in the 1950’s, a toothy cartoon character named Bucky Beaver appeared on our old black and white TV screens promoting Ipana toothpaste. Later, Ipana toothpaste vanished from supermarket shelves, and Bucky disappeared from the air waves. There have been other cartoon depictions of beavers
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