Meeting Jesse Owens
Read MoreThe Winter Olympic Games begin next month. Here’s the Olympic moment I remember best. After all, it’s not every day you get to meet someone as incredible as Jesse Owens.
Read MoreThe Winter Olympic Games begin next month. Here’s the Olympic moment I remember best. After all, it’s not every day you get to meet someone as incredible as Jesse Owens.
Read MoreI present to you — the twisted repartee of Gareth Edwards, a.k.a. “Gaz the Wolf”:
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Read More“People find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes and madmen are indifferent to danger and will forge ahead regardless of what other people say.”
Read MoreEven after death, Hitchens remains a force of intellect worth re-visiting from time to time, and not just by those who shared many of his views.

The Petre Family in Bucharest, Romania, circa 1963. Ion Petre stands in the middle. Marieta is the little girl in front.
Read MoreIon Petre was born in Bucharest, Romania, lived in Geldrop, Holland, and died unexpectantly in Oct. 2013. He was my brother-in-law.