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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

A Cathedral and a Holocaust Memorial Share the East End of an Island in Paris

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The most famous Cathedral in Paris, Notre Dame, sits the east end of the most famous island in the Seine River, il de la cite.   The grand c...
Friday, November 5, 2021

Hypersonic Missiles -- FGFD: Field Guide to Flying Death

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  Hypersonic missiles recently exploded into the news when China tested their own version of the WMD du jour . Speed is just one of many wa...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Why Doesn't He Care About His Legacy? Why Rush Limbaugh Lied with his (literal) dying breaths

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Rush Limbaugh, 1951-2021  Some very smart people I listen to wondered aloud in the past year why Rush Limbaugh did not care about his legacy...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Machiavelli on the Problem of Monotheism

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  This week I listened to a talk by Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield.  You can watch it here  or listen to the podcast.  One thing that ca...
Monday, October 25, 2021

How Many Books are You Reading Now? A Lot.

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Every few weeks I get a version of the question, "How many books are you reading now?"  On some online book groups, the question m...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Colin Powell, an Arduous Road to Great Success

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  In 1958, when Colin Powell was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army, the former slave states still had Jim Crow laws in effect and...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Field Guide to Flying Death: With Gunships, Slower is Better

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  AC130 Gunship in the air and on the ground  Air support for troops in the Vietnam War began with the latest and fastest jets of the 1960s....