Who says one man cannot change the world?
But sometimes, that change is for the worse – not for the better.Certainly, that was the case with Sheldon Adelson, who died yesterday at the age of 87. His legacy is NOT a good one. He destroyed...
View ArticleAnother Memorial Day post
It is Memorial Day weekend. That means we all need to pause to consider all of those who died in the service of the United States. In a moment we will do exactly that for the folks who gave their all...
View ArticleThe call of the roll. Final Memorial Day Post
Since this is Memorial Day, it is appropriate that I recognize those folks who had to pay the price of aviation’s hazards. Listed below is a summary of all fatal E-2 and C-2 mishaps from the records...
View Article20 years.
Over the past 10 years, I have increasingly come to dread the arrival of September 11th. It is the day the United States will remember a terrible criminal act in its history. 2977 people died that day...
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Historic Days
I have not posted in over a month because I was away from home and back on the sacred soil of Japan. It was nice to return to Nihon, especially since I had not been there in over three years. However,...
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Recent Reading
2021 is refusing to be a decent year, it seems, what with now the omicron surge of the COVID virus and the determined refusal of so many people to take public health measures seriously. It’s a shame...
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A year later and the danger still lurks close by
It has been a year since the unwarranted and thoroughly evil insurrection against the Capitol occurred.“A mob breaking windows, kicking in doors, breaching the Capitol. American flags on poles being...
View ArticleStephen Colbert nails it.
By highlighting the absurdity of the GOP attempts to gaslight the nation: Over at Trump’s propaganda network, they appear pretty unhappy about it. Fox News railing on Kamala Harris for referencing...
View ArticleAn excellent summation.
Of the damage to the American Republic that the Roberts Court has accomplished in the last 20 years. As one who is old enough to remember Thurgood Marshall on the Court as well as many others, the...
View ArticleAgain, and again, and again…..the cycle never ends.
I had to wait a couple of days to write about the Uvalde slaughter of children and teachers. I had to wait because I was so angry. Angry that, again, we are going through the same set of senseless...
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