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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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Old Age is a New Adventure

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Two weeks ago, surgery restored my smashed left elbow to something like its previous shape. The next morning, after surgery, another do...

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Friday, May 29, 2020

After Reading "Ally" I Wished Romney Won in 2012

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After reading “Ally” a memoir by Michael B. Oren, I was wistfully wishing Romney had won the 2012 election. Oren was the Israeli am...

Monday, May 25, 2020

The 1965 Movie Battle of the Bulge

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My son Nigel and I watched the 1965 movie Battle of the Bulge just before Memorial Day. I first saw this in Boston at the Loews theater...

Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Unpardonable Sin is Pride

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The Unpardonable Sin has haunted believers for more than two millennia, at least until recently. I remembered this while reading one of t...

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Racists Hate Science and Destroy What They Love

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Berlin 1945, the end of a racist empire I just finished a long book about the Holocaust. The author, Timothy Snyder , begins...

Monday, May 18, 2020

Out of the Cast, Therapy Begins Today

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My high-tech arm brace Today I had went to see my surgeon and to get my first physical therapy session. The cast came off shortly aft...

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Protesting personal protective equipment is sooooooooo American

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These guys don't protest helmet rules In 1981, I was a staff writer at the Elizabethtown Chronicle. I was assigned to write about...

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