Veteran AF

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)

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Saturday, January 25, 2020

February: My Month for Big Trips

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Twas the Night Before Basic--The Plane Ride Was Rough Forty-eight years ago this week, I was saying goodbye to my family and friend...

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Re-Reading "The Prince" for the 10th Time: So Different Under Trump

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Since 1980 I have read and re-read The Prince every four years. I have been delighted anew each year as I read his advice to rulers. H...

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Line Between Good and Evil: A Confession

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“The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being,” says Aleksander Solzhenitsyn in his book The GULAG Archi...

Friday, January 10, 2020

Real Rail Fan by Philadelphia Tracks

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A Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 Electric Locomotive I met Tom as he stood beside the tracks that run north-south through Philadelphia al...

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Secrets of the Universe on AMTRAK

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On the train trip back from Philadelphia I sat with Calvin, an electrical engineer who I have seen on the train for more than a decad...

Monday, January 6, 2020

Books of a Decade

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Timothy Snyder and his little book On Tyranny became my touchstone for life after November 2016. He has been sadly ...

Saturday, January 4, 2020

No Bucket List! One Thing Just Leads to Another

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A real book I found in a Bronx Thrift Shop In a thrift shop in The Bronx, I saw the book above. Inside the book ar...

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