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Friday, February 18, 2022

Red Baron Memorial in France

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  Beside a narrow road Vaux-sur-Somme, France , is a modest memorial to the most well-known fighter pilot in history: Baron Manfred Friedric...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A Visit to Chartres Cathedral

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  On the was back from visiting the Circuit de Sarthe, the race course of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I stopped at Chartres Cathedral . It is o...
Monday, February 14, 2022

Cars in a Corner of Underground Garage Near Versailles

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  1970 Ford Mustang Mach I 351 with original paint in a Paris Garage A few days ago I drove from Paris to Le Mans to visit the museum and tr...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

50th Anniversary of My First Enlistment is This Month

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  Twas the night before Basic, and I drank way too much.  I have no photos from my Air Force enlistment. Fifty years ago today I arrived at ...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Fathers, the Army and Career Paths in America and France: A Delightful Conversation at Lunch

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Professor Christian Amatore of the Ecole Normal Superieure At an award lunch at a history of science event in Paris, I was seated with Chris...
Monday, February 7, 2022

Book 8 of 2022: The Life of the Mind by Hannah Arendt

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The Life of the Mind  is the last of more than a dozen books written by Hannah Arendt in her life.  This book consists of two book publishe...
Friday, February 4, 2022

Book 7 of 2022: Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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  In a famous toast at a White House dinner in honor of 49 Nobel Prize winners, President John F. Kennedy said,  “ I think this is the most ...