Eat Local Read Local Book Fair

By Phil Padgett | September 30, 2021 |

Cascade Library’s “Eat local Read Local” book fair returns on Saturday to Loudon County, VA,  October 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Address is 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls,…

Remembering 9/11

By Phil Padgett | September 11, 2021 |

Remembering my classmate, Susan Getzendanner killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center, and all the victims of 9/11 on that terrible day and over the twenty years that…

Happy Birthday, FDR!

By Phil Padgett | January 30, 2021 |

Happy birthday, FDR!  You would recognize our times.  Be certain of this: as we did in your time, we shall prevail again! President Franklin D. Roosevelt celebrates with Harry Hopkins…

Our Face to the World

By Phil Padgett | January 27, 2021 |

Now begins the rebuilding of American leadership in the world.  The right words are being said and the Biden foreign policy team is skilled and experienced.  No one, however, should…

Liberation Then and Now

By Phil Padgett | November 6, 2020 |

The metaphor keeps unfolding in the coincidence of the U.S. presidential election and the run-up to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, December 16.  On Election…

First Atomic Detonation – 75 Years Ago Today

By Phil Padgett | July 15, 2020 |

Trinity, the first test of an atomic bomb, forever changed our world at Alamogordo, New Mexico, at 0530 local time 75 years ago today, July 16.  Although the first to…

Remembering D-Day In a Time of National Crisis

By Phil Padgett | June 6, 2020 |

Today, June 6, 2020, as thousands gather in Washington to exercise their Constitutional right to assemble peaceably to petition their government for redress of grievance – terrible, deeply justified grievance…

CANCELED – Kensington Day of the Book

By Phil Padgett | March 21, 2020 |

Gentle People, With much regret, the April 26 Kensington Day of the Book festival had to be canceled  to conform with the public health response to the COVID 19 pandemic. …

Advocating Overlord Paperback Edition Coming May 1

By Phil Padgett | January 22, 2020 |

May 1, 2020, the paperback edition of Advocating Overlord will be released by University of Nebraska Press in the United States and Canada. Publisher’s recommended price will be $26.95 US…

Book Talk Now Viewable on the Website

By Phil Padgett | December 16, 2019 |

The book talk on Advocating Overlord now is available for viewing on the website ( https://philpadgett.com.advocating-overlord/ ). Go to the “Watch the Book Talk” button on either the “Home” page or…