“Grandpa, why are you wearing that red plastic flower on your shirt?” Mitch pointed to a poppy on his grandfather’s breast pocket. “It’s Memorial Day,” Grandpa said. Mitch flopped on the floor in front of Grandpa’s chair. “Duh! No school today.” “Memorial Day is more than that. I wear this flower in honor of…
The Last Starbase is book 3 in the Sons of Neptune series. Shane, Sam, and company discover an ancient starship, the Praihawk, buried in the Artic and plan to use it to get help from their ancestors of long ago. The Peak, a refugee stronghold established by Shane and Sam, is attracting survivors of the alien…
Revenge of the Spiders is book 2 in Rod Little’s four book series, Sons of Neptune. In book one, Earthweeds, the novel’s two protagonist brothers, Shane and Sam, return from a mountain hunting trip to find their home has been invaded by large man-eating lizards created by the Sayans, an alien race of humanoids. The young…
The first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln who served from 1861-1865. In 1860, the Republican platform called for the end of slavery in the United States and the preservation of the Union, amongst other declarations. One such proclamation encouraged immigration to America with full rights to all immigrant citizens.Another was issued on January 1, 1863…
Aristotle explained that the best way to live our lives is to treat others the way we want to be treated. Aristotle reasoned that if we all lived by this Golden Rule, we wouldn’t need government. Two hundred years later Rabbi Hillel, a Jewish sage, was asked to explain the Torah while standing on one…
Dear Pop, Last year I was invited to my first Passover Seder at a home in Encino. I really enjoyed myself as everyone read from the Haggadah, the spiritual text, but that matzah. Why do Jews eat that tasteless, flour/water flatbread for eight days and why do some Jews have two Seders? Curious Christian Dear…
In the science fiction fantasy, Earthweeds,Shane and Sam are brothers. Shane is in college and Sam is about to finish high school. Each summer the boys escape for a few weeks into the wilderness outside of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to hunt and evade the hustle and bustle of the real world. This year, when the boys…
Dear Pop, I love American History, but I can’t motivate my children’s interest. They won’t watch the History Channel with me nor are they interested in the books I bring home for them to read. What can I do? History Buff Dear History Buff, When my daughters were growing up, I made it a…
Passover, the Jewish celebration of the Exodus, begins Friday evening, April 19, 2019 with the first Seder, and ends Saturday evening, April 27. This is the time when Jews throughout the world remember the years their ancestors were slaves in Egypt and escaped under the leadership of Moses. Carol Meyers, an archeologist and professor…
Dear Pop, My grandma is always talking about how wonderful the Baby Boom generation is. I did some research and discovered they are a bunch of self-indulgent consumers. Please tell me about my generation and how great we are so I can throw it back at her. BTW, I was born in 2008. 21stCentury Kid…