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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Book Report Part 4: Trump and Obama and Machiavelli

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On November 8, starting at about 7 p.m., almost 63 million Americans were showing signs of depression and disbelief.   Me included.   ...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Book Report, Part 3: Books on Faith

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The last post was about a book that combined worldwide nuclear war with faith among the few survivors.   It was a bridge of sorts b...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Book Report, Part 2, Nuclear War and a Monastery

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Before I turn from war to peace, I will add one more book to the war list in which the war is seen only in its effects. That book is A Can...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Book Report: The 50 Books I Read in 2016, Beginning with the War Books

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In 2016 I read 50 books, more than a dozen for the classes I took in in the spring and fall of the year, many more because of the readin...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year--What a Year It Will Be!

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On this first day of 2017, a new year begins and a vastly changed world.  After spending the majority of my military career as a Cold W...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Russian Soldiers/Mothers/Wives Talk About Afghan War

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I left the U.S. Army in November of 1979, discharged at Fort Dix, New Jersey, after 6-1/2 years of active duty service.  From 1976 to 197...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Proud Draft Dodgers Can Now Sneer at Veterans

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I was going to write a different post about working with draft dodgers throughout my professional life from the mid 80s to 2015. During t...