Devastating news
I personally have not been so devastated as I was when I read this news:Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at age 87.I was in the doctor’s office today when I read it – I literally started...
View ArticleVeteran’s Day
The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. Today is Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day. Almost 100 million dead in the Wars of the 20th and 21st centuries-an astounding number....
View ArticleWho 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...
View ArticleHistoric 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,...
View ArticleRecent 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...
View ArticleA 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...
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