One of the most enduring memories of the early adolescent years of my youth is the end of direct U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia. This was heralded by the return of the first group of 591 American Prisoners of War held by North Vietnam which happened fifty years ago today. The longest held among…
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Book Review: Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Alan Stuart Franken, a talented and smooth spoken Harvard educated 60-something, has spent a lifetime riding a unique mix of humor and irony to celebrity and a good living . Most of us late night insomniac TV watchers remember his start as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live in 1975, a gig…
Continue ReadingThe United States of Oceania?
We have survived into the second week of President Trump’s America and to say this has been a newsworthy few days is an understatement. In just over one week there have been over a dozen Presidential Executive Orders including some that impose unconstitutional overreach on specific segments of the population. Through it all, the President…
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