David L. Maloof was a Corporal in “The Black Cats”, the 13th Armored Division in the 7th Army in World War II. The young man from Rhode Island’s military career got off to a rough start — literally. He trained for months in Texas before sailing in January 1945 on…

Will Rogers, on being chastised for not being a war hero, responded with wit: “WE CAN’T ALL BE HEROES BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO SIT ON THE CURB AND APPLAUD WHEN THEY GO BY.” There have been a lot of Broadway ticker-tape parades for war heroes in New York City over…

The year was 1971, and my sports self-esteem — in the only three sports that seemingly mattered then — was hanging by a thread. My hand-eye coordination was so poor that in little league, when the other team was short a player, without any hesitation, my coach traded me. In…

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I like to tell my children that kindness is the answer, to which they are apt to ask, “The answer to what question?” To this, I always respond, “The question is usually irrelevant; kindness is almost always the answer.” The same can be said of the Christian teaching known as…