Last week, the FāVS News board voted to name me managing editor, responsible for assigning and editing our news report, and also hiring and training additional staff. I had served on the board for more than two years, but now leave to take this position. The fact board members voted unanimously for my appointment is a singular honor and I am grateful.

I have been writing a weekly column for FāVS for three years next week. If my count is right, this is my 160th column.

Last week, I broke the trust of someone important to me. The details are unimportant. But the principles involved and the road to redemption are worth discussion.

At the same time Trump accused his political opponents, particularly Joe Biden, with involvement in Ukrainian corruption, without any evidence. Another of his big lies. And he showed nothing but disdain for Ukrainian leadership at the same time Putin was making his expansionist intentions clear, particularly in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The mustache is the new, hip form of facial hair for American men. And the size, shape, texture and twist of the mustache is the key to a man’s personality. In this hip new world, the mustache is supposed to send a message.

Memorial Day was first established after the Civil War to honor those Americans killed in service to their country. Since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, about 7,000 American service members have been added to the rolls of dead. As I watched families laying flowers on graves, it occurred to me that every American family in some way has been touched by war.