My Anti-War Message is a Simple One
And it's aimed at people whom I think of as the "persuadables".I live in a county with two Navy bases and a Republican Congressman who's been re-elected handily for twenty years. I'm a fifty-something,...
View ArticleObama Endorsed by Former SEC Chairs
Barack Obama received endorsements by three distinguished members of the Guardians of Capital... former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleSanta Barbara County (Govt) Supports Offshore Drilling
Santa Barbara, California, is often called "ground-zero of the environmental movement" because of the 1969 Oil Spill. Nonetheless, two Republicans on the County Board of Supervisors persuaded a third...
View ArticlePalin Praises Daughter's "Choice"
This letter appeared on my hometown paper's opinon page. I couldn't have said it any better myself.
View ArticleWhile the 'Baggers were Roaring...
I went to the Ventura County Government Center at lunchtime on April 15, but not to join, or even witness the "Tea Party" taking place there. Nor did I have any business at the courthouse or the hall...
View ArticleFlank Attack on Obama: Too Many "Czars"
A letter to the editor appeared in my hometown paper expressing "concern" over the large numbers of "Czars" appointed by President Obama.A quick check of the net shows that this has been going down...
View ArticleVote Yes! Vote Yes! Vote for Independency!
I can't let the day go by without sharing my appreciation for the 1969 musical "1776". It came to life during the "counterculture" era (appearing only two years after "Hair" made it's off-Broadway...
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What Does "Root & Branch" Mean?
I recently ran across a pro-slavery sermonpreached by one Reverend Henry J. Van Dyke, of Brooklyn, New York, in 1860. It was titled, “The Character and Influence of Abolitionism”.One expression in...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg is Voting Democratic
Just saw this during the commercial break on Sixty Minutes. Billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a two-minute TV ad in which he speaks directly to the audience, states his...
View ArticleSenator Schumer's Message of Hope
There have been many tributes to Congressman Adam Schiff’s stirring oratory this week... all of them well-deserved. Before the Impeachment moment passes, I’d like to enter the closing statement of...
View ArticleDiscussion: Political Conventions as Greek Drama
I am intrigued by the art of politics, the craft of political storytelling, and the theater of political campaigns. I am by no means well-versed in ancient Greek drama, but even a smattering of...
View Article"Ballot Selfies" May Not Be Legal In Your State
HEADS UP…It may not be legal in your state to photograph your marked ballot and display it on social media. Forty-four states provides for ballot secrecy in their constitutions. The rest do so by...
View ArticleNews: Austrians Stage Superspreader Event in Vienna
Reuters reports that thousands of people marched through Vienna on Saturday to protest against restrictions on public commerce intended to curb the pandemic. Austria is in it’s third lockout since...
View ArticleFact Check Please: Tax Credit for News Media Organizations
A provision of the Build Back Better Act is being slammed by the wingnuts on Facebook as a “tax break” for news media companies to reward them for their “loyalty to the Democratic Party”. It is also...
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Operation NICKEL GRASS: America’s Airlift to Israel During the 1973 Yom...
The Pentagon has been stingy with details about the shipment of arms to Ukraine via Poland. This is proper, of course, but my curiosity has stirred memories of the American airlift that resupplied...
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Ukraine: Notes From the Meta-War
The Greek Seaport of Alexandroupoli (AXP)has appeared in the news recently (NYT) (The National Herald). The port lies at the north end of the Aegean Sea, close to the border with Turkey. It is sixty...
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Ukraine: Water Infrastructure is the Strategic Prize in Donbas
We have heard a lot about the North Crimea Canal (NCC) — the one that conducts water from the Dnipro River to the Russian-occupied peninsula — but there are other canals in Ukraine, and one (I...
View ArticleHistory Nuggets: Trump's Populism Was Foretold in 1857.
Thomas Macaulay was a good British imperialist who went out to India to take up the white man's burden. He was also an accomplished scholar, a Whig politician, and author the extremely popular History...
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