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MARTI CROW: Lessons to be learned Marti Crow I took lots of history courses in college and later at St. Mary University here in Leavenworth because I love history. I taught American history to middle school students. Now we live in very interesting historical times – a pandemic that harkens back to 1919, lots of political unrest and political friction, forever wars, and economic and social upheaval. There’s so many dramatic events that even hibernation during a quarantine doesn’t feel boring. It is a common practice in our culture to use past events and notable persons to designate national holidays. This month both President Lincoln and President Washington have birthdays, so we celebrate President’s Day. I do not argue with commemorating two of our greatest leaders and I hope that during the period between Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12 and Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22, school children and all students of history of every age, study the lessons to be ....
When people agreed about facts Marti Crow I miss Walter Cronkite. Remember when the news was factual and everyone, at least in America, agreed about the facts of the daily news? I still read newspapers. I like the fact that the “opinion” part of the newspaper is segregated on the editorial page. I expect that the items in the news part of the paper are researched and reported factually. When I read the editorial pages, I expect to see opinions with which I will either agree or disagree. Some of the so-called “news” on television and other media appears to be what Walter Cronkite and his contemporaries would call “fill” or features. “The Nightly News” with Cronkite was primarily just the facts: what, when, where, who and how. ....