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Category: LIBERTY

A look at the history and documents that laid the groundwork for the freedoms we have today.

HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIBERTY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Woodward-Bernstein stuff, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes News is the first draft of history. Reading a journal, day by day, is much like following a story, news cycle by news cycle. Continue reading Woodward-Bernstein stuff, 1979

Howard FieldingMay 29, 2023May 28, 20231 Comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIBERTY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 18

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Memorial Day weekend has always perplexed and frustrated me. The Monday holiday law turned a day of remembrance into “unofficial start of summer.” Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 18

Howard FieldingMay 27, 2023May 28, 20237 Comments
HISTORY, LIBERTY, LIFE, LIVING HERE, SHORT TAKES

Make the most of Memorial Day weekend

Reading Time: 3 minutes July 4th is a time to celebrate. Memorial Day is a time to remember. Five simple rules will make it meaningful and memorable. Continue reading Make the most of Memorial Day weekend

Howard FieldingMay 26, 2023May 29, 20231 Comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, LIBERTY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Be seeing you, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes A secret agent resigns from his service and awakens in The Village, a futuristic prison on a remote island. Everyone has a number instead of a name. Oh, yes, there’s also this strange salute: “Be seeing you.” Continue reading Be seeing you, 1979

Howard FieldingMarch 20, 2023March 24, 2023Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, LIBERTY, LIFE, ON WRITING

In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 3

Reading Time: 2 minutes I was also job-hunting for work in a compatible field. I procrastinated about which path to take, job or freelance. I couldn’t see the third path: to do both. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 3

Howard FieldingJanuary 22, 2023January 25, 2023Leave a comment
HUMOR, LIBERTY, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

‘Girls of the Ivy League,’ 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of choice includes the freedom to make bad choices, choices that we might regret someday. Would I tell that to my own daughters? I have. Continue reading ‘Girls of the Ivy League,’ 1979

Howard FieldingJanuary 19, 2023January 20, 20232 Comments
HISTORY, LIBERTY, LIFE, SHORT TAKES

The Mayflower Compact

Reading Time: 2 minutes The history of the Plymouth Colony is dramatic and often controversial, but that one act planted the seed of self-governance, freedom, and independence that we enjoy today. Continue reading The Mayflower Compact

Howard FieldingNovember 21, 2022November 19, 20221 Comment
LIBERTY, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Week in Review: Week 45

Reading Time: 2 minutes Digging into history and political philosophy, it’s good to be on the side of people like George Washington. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 45

Howard FieldingNovember 13, 2022November 13, 2022Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIBERTY, LIFE

George Washington tried to warn us

Reading Time: 4 minutes Political parties still make decisions based on ill-fated jealousies and false alarms. Both accuse opponents of collusion with foreign conspirators. Continue reading George Washington tried to warn us

Howard FieldingNovember 9, 2022November 11, 2022Leave a comment
LIBERTY, LIFE, LIVING HERE, SHORT TAKES

Election Day (or days)

Reading Time: 2 minutes There is no right way or wrong way to vote. Voters must make their best possible choices based on what they know at a single point in time. Continue reading Election Day (or days)

Howard FieldingNovember 8, 2022November 7, 20221 Comment

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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