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This Day — July 1: The Watershed of Our history
ArticlesFour score and seven years after the Declaration of Independence, all that already had happened in United States history...
CONTINUE READING →Seventy years ago
ArticlesWhat is happening today? There is war, or at least revolution, across North Africa and the Middle East, and...
CONTINUE READING →On my Nightstand
ArticlesFor the second time in a month, I found myself in London. Unfortunately, this was a working trip, with...
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ArticlesMemorial Day was begun to honor the Americans who served us when we were drawn into war. It began...
CONTINUE READING →Letters Home from War – Part One: Anesthesia for the pain of time and distance
ArticlesIn this anniversary month of the commencement of the Civil War, of the battles to capture Italy and the...
CONTINUE READING →Libya and War: No Good Deed goes Unpunished: Conclusion
ArticlesOn this day in April, 1941, Libya was on fire. General Rommel had begun to counterattack. British troops were...
CONTINUE READING →No good deed goes unpunished: Part Three: Penicillin, People, and Libya: No longer the safest place on earth
ArticlesIn the 1940’s, American production not only succeeded in building tanks and bombers, it brought life to the desert....
CONTINUE READING →No Good Deed Goes Unpunished–Part Two “Great Expectations”
ArticlesRemember Great Expectations from high school English (if you were born before 1960) or the movie (Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan...
CONTINUE READING →THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: No good deed goes unpunished. Part One
ArticlesCharles Dickens was the master of using coincidence as a literary device to portray social horrors. Oliver Twist condemned...
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