For almost 20 years I have pursued my family’s history, the study of genealogy. It’s taken me from the archive room at the National Archives, where I scrolled through dozens of microfilm reels, through forgotten family records and into the reaches of the Internet, a territory I know very well. Lately, there’s been a new [...]
Here we go again. Last time this happened it was a lesbian couple in NJ. Now, a New Orleans judge has ruled in favor of a gay (male) couple in requiring that the LA Office of Vital Records list the names of the 2 men who adopted a boy on the boy’s birth certificate as [...]
As I was getting ready for church this morning and affixing my US flag lapel pin to my jacket, I happened to look closer into the tin I keep my various pins in and took notice of a pin I’ve carried around parts of northern Ohio and northern Virginia for somewhere around 30 years. As [...]
There have been a number of stories in the news lately about more stringent ID requirements coming down the road for all of us. (This morning’s story at the Washington Times has reminded me of this.) Whether we’re talking about boarding a plane or coming back in-country across the border or getting one of the [...]
