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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Let’s hear it for the dads
Let’s hear it for the dads:
We need men to be responsible fathers now more than ever.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/let_s_hear_it_for_the_dads.html
A Father's Day special: "My father's quest", a book by Carmen Konneker!
"My father's quest", a book by Carmen Konneker! Click to listen.....— Silvio Canto, Jr.
Happy Father's Day
"I think Father's Day ought not to be a celebration of every man who managed to procreate, but instead a time to honor those increasingly rare men who are actually good at fathering." (TONY WOODLIEF)
Happy Fathers Day!
An early Happy Fathers Day's message
I want to pay special attention to the "cubanos", all of those fathers who brought us here years ago. They paid a heavy sacrifice to come here. They had to work hard.
So let me say thank you to my dad and my two uncles, who are part of the group.
I want to say thank you for standing up to Castro. Thank you for bringing us here. Thank you for all of the hard work.
My brother, sister and I were very lucky to have such a responsible father. He taught us good values. He also treated my mother with respect.
Happy Father's Day.
For more about my father, check out "Cubanos in Wisconsin"
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Happy Father's Day: George Strait's "Love without end, amen"
George Strait............"Love without end, amen"
"I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waitin' for the worst
And he said
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
Last night I dreamed I'd died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done, they'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side, I heard these words again
And they said......."
Happy Fathers Day to my father in heaven
We say Happy Father’s Day to all of the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, etc who brought us here years ago.
Looking back, I was very lucky because my father understood the job.
He did not try to be my buddy, although he did take my brother and I to a lot of ball games when were kids. He bought us hot dogs and ice cream. He taught us about baseball and a few other things.
A father’s job description is simple: Tell your kids what they don’t want to hear!
I’m grateful that my dad taught me that lesson! My father certainly understood the job description!
Happy Father’s Day to my father in heaven!
Father's Day 1964: “Cubanos” Tony Taylor & Cookie Rojas & Jim Bunning’s perfect game
On Father's Day 1964, future Hall of Famer and US Senator Jim Bunning of the Phillies. threw a perfect game. Bunning won 227 games and made it to The Hall of Fame in 1996.
There is a Cuban connection to the game: Tony Taylor played second base and Cookie Rojas was the shortstop.
Taylor scored 2 runs. Both went 1 for 3 that day.
Octavio "Cookie" Rojas made his debut in 1962 and retired in 1977. His best season was 1965 when he hit .303 and made the NL All Star team. He was traded to Kansas City and remains one of the most popular Royals' players ever. He was well known as a clutch hitter and had a great glove at second base. Rojas won a batting title in the Cuban winter league. His son Victor is a major league broadcaster.
Tony Taylor made his debut in 1958 & retired with 2,007 hits and a .261 career average. He was well known for his defense. His best season was 1963 when he hit .281, stole 23 bases and scored 102 runs. He stole over 20 bases several times in his career.
My guess is that this is the only time that a couple of Cubans played up the middle in a MLB perfect game.
Happy Father's Day!
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There is a Cuban connection to the game: Tony Taylor played second base and Cookie Rojas was the shortstop.
Taylor scored 2 runs. Both went 1 for 3 that day.
Octavio "Cookie" Rojas made his debut in 1962 and retired in 1977. His best season was 1965 when he hit .303 and made the NL All Star team. He was traded to Kansas City and remains one of the most popular Royals' players ever. He was well known as a clutch hitter and had a great glove at second base. Rojas won a batting title in the Cuban winter league. His son Victor is a major league broadcaster.
Tony Taylor made his debut in 1958 & retired with 2,007 hits and a .261 career average. He was well known for his defense. His best season was 1963 when he hit .281, stole 23 bases and scored 102 runs. He stole over 20 bases several times in his career.
My guess is that this is the only time that a couple of Cubans played up the middle in a MLB perfect game.
Happy Father's Day!
All fathers matter!
2020 marks the 5th Father’s Day since my dad died in late 2015. It’s my day to remember a great man who taught me about life and where we came from. He also taught me how treat women and behave properly at work, at home or the baseball field.
My father was quiet, a super gentleman but he laid down the law very effectively. He knew what was right and wrong and did not accept excuses for bad behavior.
Yesterday, I read that more statues came down, from President Grant to President Lincoln. They want President Jefferson, too.
What’s the formula or the method to their madness? I can’t really find one but all of the mobs have a common denominator, i.e. young people who could use a little a history lesson and a man in their lives!
In this context, maybe it’s time to remind everyone that fathers matter a lot. After all, it is our fathers who teach us about our heritage, where we came from and that you don’t destroy public property.
According to a Heritage Foundation report, we need more fathers in the country:
Studies have found that children raised without a father are:At a higher risk of having behavioral problems.Four times more likely to live in poverty.More likely to be incarcerated in their lifetime.Twice as likely to never graduate high school.At a seven times higher risk of teen pregnancy.More vulnerable to abuse and neglect.More likely to abuse drugs and alcohol.Twice as likely to be obese.From education to personal health to career success, children who lack a father find themselves at a disadvantage to their peers raised in a two-parent household.
I can’t prove it with a poll but my guess is that a lot of those young people burning buildings and tearing down statues do not have a father to come home to.
How do I know that? Because my dad would beaten me with a baseball bat if I had done something stupid like that. He would have grabbed me by the neck, read me a Cuban Spanish riot act that only Ricky Ricardo could understand and then driven me to the police station for accountability.
Yes, fathers matter a lot. Happy Father’s Day to the AT family.
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Happy # 82 to Ray Davies (The Kinks)
We salute one of the real characters of pop music, the one and only Ray Davies of The Kinks. Davies was born in London on this day in 1944.
As I recall, The Kinks released a greatest hits LP back in 1960s. It is a must for anyone who loves the sounds of that era.
They were a great band.
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