Oct. 24 1537: Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by […]
Oct. 24 Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is 88. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 85. Director David S. Ward (“Sleepless in Seattle,” “The Sting”) is 79. Actor Kevin Kline is 77. Actor B.D. Wong […]
CAPTION: “Christ Carrying the Cross” by El Greco (c. 1580) is a painting in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Public Domain) By Charles Naylor One day as Jesus […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Oct. 17 Singer Gary Puckett is 82. Actor-musician Michael McKean is 77. Actor George Wendt is 76. Country singer Alan Jackson is 66. Animator-filmmaker Mike Judge is 62. Musician […]
When people think of state fair food, they’re likely to ask, “What are they going to try to deep fry this year?” However, the 2024 North Carolina State Fair, which opens this week at the […]
Tim Heidecker’s “acquired taste” comedy style splashed onto the scene in the early 2000s with the Abbott to his Costello, Eric Wareheim, when “Tom Goes to the Mayor” followed by 2007’s “Tim and Eric: Awesome […]
A little boy was walking along a road one day when he met two larger boys. They sought to have some fun with the little boy by teasing him. One began to frighten him by […]
It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness, but the current news cycle makes it ever so more appreciated. In the new film “White Bird,” in theaters now, the act is quite […]
One of the most striking things that Jesus taught was that we should forgive our enemies — and not only forgive them, but also adopt an attitude that indicates a complete change of feeling toward […]
Oct. 10 Actor Peter Coyote is 83. Actor Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) is 78. Singer Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 76. Actor Jessica Harper (“Pennies From Heaven,” “My Favorite Year”) is 75. […]
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