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The Logical Course
William Wilberforce and Gun Control May 12, 1789. William Wilberforce, the brilliant British politician, began championing the abolition...

How Much Gear Do You Really Need?
--As published in the 2020 Fall Edition of The Leader, The NOLS Magazine Alpine Trailblazer. Boundless Mountaineer. Mystic Trekker....


Wilcox and Carolina
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times “DAVID WILCOX!” These words gushed from my mouth without the slightest notion that my brain...

Unimpeachable Integrity: One Republican's Struggle with Trump's Wrongdoing.
Unimpeachable Integrity in the U.S. president? One Republican's struggle with Trump's wrongdoing.


Of Bison and Barbecue Queens
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times Every year or so our family travels to the Golden State to volunteer at a family camp where...


The First Rebellion
It all began so innocently. Charles I, King of England, had been beheaded. After a nasty English Civil War, the King had been tried,...


Revisiting the Lost Colony
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times Most people don’t like change. Change may mean being uncomfortable. Losing control....

The Tobacco State
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times in three installments This tobacco story is true (I wish it weren’t, but at least I’ve...


Sweet History
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times, November 14, 2018 It all started in August of 2015, just outside of Marion, North...


The Wire That Tamed the West
--as published in The Asheville Citizen Times. August 18, 2018 If you've ever had the pleasant experience of off-trail hiking through...


The Forgotten Frontiersman
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times On October, 22, 1734, near Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, a small, insignificant lad came-forth...


William's Place - Hope for the Hopeless
--as published in the Asheville Citizen Times It was a Thursday afternoon in late October, 2017. Lounging in his automobile—his full-time...
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