In 1962 I left Okinawa on a Marine airplane that was carrying a crash truck, the kind that is used at air bases to put out airplane fires. On the plane with me were about a dozen Marines who were dressed for jungle combat. They carried the weapons necessary to defend themselves. In conversation with…
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How I Decide To Vote: Would I Like To Have A Couple of Beers With the Person: Part Two
If I am using that beer test to decide who to vote for does the introduction of female candidates into the equation change things? Let us take a look back to how it was in the early Twentieth Century prior to the time women could vote or hold office. Here’s a little insight into that…
How I Decide To Vote: Would I Like To Have A Couple of Beers With the Person: Part One
I’m a registered Democrat. I started out that way. I could never change. To do so would be akin to changing my religion. That doesn’t mean I vote as a Democrat all the time. When it comes time to vote I’m a mugwump. When I read Felix Frankfurter Reminisces I was happy to read that…
Lost in Time; The Donbass Region of Ukraine:
The photograph to the left is of miners who work in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine, the part of that country that is suffering most from the Russian invasion. That photograph is included in a group of photographs taken by a young woman, Valeriya Myronenko. Business Insider has the rest of them and the…
Judging Lies in the Whitey Bulger Saga: Part Two of Two.
Weeks told us criminals lie. Flemmi’s a major criminal so he’s a major liar. He was good at it. He lied to women very close to him and lured them to their deaths. Judge Wolf tried to decide when Flemmi was lying and when he wasn’t. It came down to nothing more than guess work…
Judging Lies in the Whitey Bulger Saga: Part One of Two.
How do you tell if a person is lying? If you met a stranger and engaged in a conversation with her could you tell whether she was lying or not? Have you ever believed what you were told and then found out it was a lie? When you hear a politician making assertions do you…