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Robert B. Charles
National Spokesman, AMAC
1,641
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Oct 22, 2026
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AMAC Yesteryear
The Joys of Fall: Robert Frost and the Beauty of Autumn
Robert Frost's little-read 1913 poem "October" asked the wind to slow the day and release the leaves one at a time, finding whimsy where others saw only summer ending.
Sep 18, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Why Reading Books Still Matters More Than Ever
Before scrolling filled every quiet hour, books by Kenneth Roberts, Heinlein, and Herriot opened whole worlds, and here is why grandchildren still need those pages.
Sep 17, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
What History's Bravest Leaders Teach Us About Facing Fear Today
Churchill, who wrote 43 books and failed at money, politics, and battle, held that courage is the one virtue on which every other virtue depends.
Sep 16, 2026
Politics
The Growing Divide Between Democrats and Democratic Socialists
A new brand of radical politics pushes one-party rule at every level of government, calling it normal when history shows the opposite, and free speech is the first casualty.
Sep 15, 2026
Faith & Public Life
The Quest: Serving Others Before Time Runs Out
A candidate for governor draws his purpose from Stephen Grellet, an 18th-century French musketeer who traded his sword for a Bible and served American prisons and hospitals.
Sep 14, 2026
Politics
Never Forgetting: Seven Friends Who Died on 9/11
Seven friends died at the Pentagon that morning, among them Angie, who trained the author and always wore a cross, and Darin, who gave up his fighter-pilot dream.
Sep 11, 2026
Health News
Ending Addiction Demands Real Leadership, Not Political Shows
In Maine, 150,000 people are addicted and overdoses top 10,000 a year, yet the state keeps just 300 treatment beds.
Sep 10, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Robert Frost’s Wit and Wisdom: Timeless Lessons on Life
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up," Frost warned, one of the sharp, funny lines he left in prose rather than poems.
Sep 9, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
In the World, Not of It: Staying True to Timeless Truths
Water still boils at 212 degrees and freezes at 32 no matter what the world insists, and Kipling's poem "If" and Christ's words remind us the constants hold.
Sep 8, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Labor Day: The Timeless Value of Hard Work and Purpose
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, between the recessions of 1893 and 1896, when Americans wanted work and could not find it.
Sep 7, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
A Poem to Lift Your Spirits: Longfellow’s Arrow and Song
Longfellow's twelve-line poem follows an arrow lost in flight and a song lost on the wind, both found again years later in the heart of a friend.
Sep 4, 2026
AMAC Yesteryear
Finding Hope and Beauty in Wordsworth's Timeless "Daffodils"
William Wordsworth's 1804 poem "Daffodils" recalls ten thousand golden flowers dancing by a lake, a memory that lifts the heart long after summer fades into fall.
Sep 3, 2026