Category Archives: A Hooligan’s History

One-Hundred Fifty years ago today – October 10, 1862 – Confederate cavalry pounded across the Potomac and raised hell in my hometown of Mercersburg, PA. I suppose they didn’t give it more hell because they knew the debt their odious … Continue reading →

Twenty-five years ago at the moment I’m writing I was standing with my family on a frigid Florida along a lake at Kennedy Space Center watching the Space Shuttle Challenger lift off. Minutes later we were driving back out the … Continue reading →

As I settled into sleep last night I calculated in my head what time my waking up time would have been in 1863 and concluded that by the time I woke up, the battle would already have started. Shots are … Continue reading →

Enjoying my birthday here in damp and chilly Central Florida thinking I shouldn’t complain because it’s a hell of a lot worse where everybody else is. Thinking about my Grandmother in her hospital bed fighting the latest in a seemingly … Continue reading →

The Clerk read the Senate joint resolution, as follows: “Whereas the Imperial Government of Japan has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: “Therefore be it “Resolved, etc., That the … Continue reading →