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Transitions – A Marine’s History From a Foxhole
It's rather unusual to witness history from a foxhole, but that was what the late Plainfield Marine Eugene R. Carter saw on February 23,...
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Transitions – James Earl Jones, Darth Vader and More
Last month, the great James Earl Jones passed away. He was 93 and had worked in Hollywood and Broadway for more than 60 years....
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Transitions – The Olympics and Title IX
Of the 329 medal events at the Paris Olympics, 157 were men’s events, 152 were women’s events, and 20 were mixed-gender events. These numbers...
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Transitions – When America was at its altruistic best
Last month I mentioned how I was at the beaches of Normandy, where 80 years ago, thousands of Americans died in destroying the Nazi...
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Transitions – Normandy and D-Day 80 years later
We visited Normandy four days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day where the U.S. and its Allies landed at five beaches, the largest amphibious...
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Transitions – 100 is the new 70? Not yet!
Lately, I can't go a day without hearing about someone more than 100 years old. Like Ms. Francis, known as "America's Grandmother." The oldest...
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Transitions – An actor and a gentlemen: Lou Gossett, Jr.
A Broadway actor at 17, Lou Gossett, Jr., spent over 70 years entertaining on stage, screen, and voice-overs. His Emmy performance as Fiddler, a...
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Transitions – Tshukudu (and the big five)
Tshukudu, “rhino” in South African Sotho, is also the name of the game lodge that became more than a mere item on Roger’s and...
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Transitions – Eighty years of Rosie the Riveter
My first cousin, Roxie, was a generation older than me. She was a beautiful woman. She also had the saltiest language of any man...
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Transitions – Blacks in Westerns
Recently, I was sharing a modern-day Western script with a film agent, and he asked if I liked Westerns, which I do. As a...