Analyzing what makes a “real man”
A column entitled “Accepting responsibility” appeared in The Graham Star last week.
A column entitled “Accepting responsibility” appeared in The Graham Star last week.
Not long ago, I was upbeat and thinking the COVID epidemic was in retreat, and better days were ahead.
On this very page, you will find four letters to the editor.
You will also note that the top of the page reads “Opinions.”
The masculine virtue of accepting responsibility has all but disappeared. This is no surprise, since masculinity and true virtue are also on life support.
The first 911 system in the United States went into operation in Haleyville, Ala. on Feb. 16, 1968, followed six days later by one in Nome, Alaska.
Making public policy is never easy.
One summer, Terry Brotherton, of the East Lincoln Motor Speedway – a dirt track in Denver, N.C. – came up with a great idea to raise funds for the East Lincoln Christian Ministries.
It is alleged that Martin Luther once said “If I believed the world were to end tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today.”
Pandemics are nothing new.
The Middle Ages saw bubonic plague. Nearly 100 years ago, the world saw the Spanish flu. AIDS/HIV plagued us in the 1980’s.