by Leroy Seat | Nov 20, 2012 | Opinion
In November 1934, the U.S. Major League Baseball All-Stars were on a noteworthy tour to Japan. The story of that tour is engagingly told in Robert K. Fitts’ new book, “Banzai Babe Ruth.” Actually, Fitts’ book is about much more than baseball:...
by Leroy Seat | Oct 10, 2012 | Opinion
It was 50 years ago this month, on Oct. 11, 1962, that the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) opened in St. Peter’s Basilica. Convoked by Pope John XXIII, it closed in December 1965 under Pope Paul VI. Vatican II was the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Roman...
by Leroy Seat | Sep 4, 2012 | Opinion
Every public speaker dreads them, but from time to time most make them anyway. I am referring to what are often called slips of the tongue. Or as Rev. William Archibald Spooner might say, tips of the slung. Spooner, who died Aug. 29, 1930, was an Englishman whose name...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
Back in the 1970s, I heard my friend and colleague, Bob Culpepper, talk about his list of “top 10” movies. (Bob passed away earlier this month, and I wrote about him here.) After hearing about Bob’s list, and the movies on it, I soon made my own list...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 9, 2012 | Opinion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church, began in 1830 after Joseph Smith claimed to have received special revelations from God. The following year, many of his followers moved to Missouri and began to build up the City of...
