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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Boston Traffic: Rules Made Up on the Spot

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My Home Town, Boston Boston traffic is now the worst in the nation, maybe worst in the world according to a new survey.  It's not...
Sunday, February 3, 2019

Soldiers Under Any Flag Can Be Great Warriors: The Forgotten Soldier

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 A 17-Year-Old draftee  on the Eastern Front for the entire war.  I just started re-reading "The Forgotten Soldier." ...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Basic Training to Combat Deployment: Just 37 Years!

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C-130 Hercules: I flew on one of these on my first military  flight in 1972 and in Iraq 37 years later. All my life I have been lat...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Ten Years Ago I Was Writing My Name on My Underwear--and Everything Else

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The faded laundry mark from  January 2009  after a few hundred machine washings. Ten years ago there were piles of Army uniforms and...
Monday, January 14, 2019

War Between Science and Religion? The Real Enemy was Catholic Immigrants

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Hating immigrants is nothing new in America The anti-immigrant tradition in America is old and deep in America.  People accepted now as...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Last Child to College—Snow Problem!

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The view for much of the 500-mile round trip On Saturday, I rented a Nissan Rogue SUV to drive my youngest son to college in Johnstow...
Monday, January 7, 2019

First Book of 2019: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

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The first book I read this year is “The Plot Against America”by Philip Roth .   It is a counter-factual history of America that has F...