The men and women who selflessly sacrifice for us to enjoy our many freedoms are honored this day. To all who serve and have served this great nation,  you have my deepest gratitude.
This Memorial Day I am remembering someone special to me, my grandfather Gregory Goloski.  He passed earlier this year, but after serving on a US Navy Mine Sweeper in World War II he lived a full and happy life.  A true patriot, my grandfather fervently believed in our right to keep and bear arms.  Because of that belief, …

My grandfather truly lived a full life.  Gregory Goloski was born in Syracuse, NY on April 17, 1924.  Today we speak tragically about health care, government spending and the general sad state of our economy.   Always outspoken about politics, I can almost hear what my grandfather would say today.  He had seen firsthand our country’s darkest economic days, the Great Depression, through the fresh and politically unbiased eyes of a child.
During my grandfather’s youth, my great-grandmother would give him just two pairs of clean socks to last the entire week. …