James Burns

When our children are born we always wait for the milestones in their life Their first words, and their first steps are things that we usually write down in a scrap book of sorts to keep track of their accomplishments

No I’m not remarried Based upon my past history I may never get married again

As I have looked back over my life as a child and a young adult I have discovered that I learned more from dad than any other person His influence on my life impacted me and helped develop me as a student and as an individual

When I was growing up, there was nothing better than bringing home a report card that had good grades on it Oh, I wasn’t a straight A student, but I got my share of A’s and B’s

When I was in high school during the early 70’s the drinking age was 18 years old Every one of my friends was a big drinker; some of them even drank in my father's bar, where I worked

A Government backed study funded by the Department for Education and Skills located in the United Kingdom has revealed that schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils The study found that some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial

I don’t think that there is anyone in society today that doesn’t take medication for something - high blood pressure, diabetes, prostate problems, thyroid dysfunction, ulcers, or depression just to name a few For sure, medication is something that is needed by many just to stay alive

One of the things that I’ve noticed today in society is that everyone has a problem with the truth I don’t mean we walk around lying all the time, but we are always afraid of hurting someone’s feelings or becoming entangled in some sort of confrontation with the person we are speaking with or better yet the person we’re living with

I used to play baseball in high school and college I even played in an over thirty league back in the mid eighties

My dad and mom owned a bar so at a very early age it became very easy for me to be around people who drank all the time From the time I was a kid I thought that the whole world drank and got drunk

Have you ever wondered why your parents did some of the things that they did I always wonder

My dad and mom owned a bar so at a very early age it became very easy for me to be around people who drank all the time From the time I was a kid I thought that the whole world drank and got drunk

Going to a Catholic Grammar School for 9 years had its benefits We had to wear uniforms so there wasn’t any clothes competition, we went to church all the time so we got some formal spiritual training, you couldn’t even think of using profanity because you thought the nuns read your mind and would find out what you were thinking, we learned good penmanship, we were respectful, compliant, and responsible