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  • Seen On Bluesky

    “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved.” American singer.Songwriter.Pianist.Composer.Civil rights activist.

  • Burn Them All!

    It’s great how «this list» equates John Dewey, Betty Friedan, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Maynard Keynes, Mao Zedong, and Adolf Hitler. Such heartwarming catholicity is a rare find these days. Why isn’t Catcher in the Rye on the list? Are the book burners asleep on the job? [Link courtesy «Bifurcated Rivets».]

  • On Memorial Day

    On Memorial Day, I always think back to 1989, when as a newspaper reporter, I was privileged to meet a great group of heroes: Memory Of WWII Still Vivid For Vets (Part I of the Wake Island Story) ‘Considering the power accumulated for the invastion of Wake Island and the meager forces of the defenders,…

  • Holding Down the Home Front

    Wives Cope With Husband’s Memories (Part II of the Wake Island Story) By Steve Pollock The Duncan (OK) Banner Sunday, August 13, 1989 MARLOW – It all came back to them this weekend – fists lashing out during nightmares, the traumatic memories, the attempts to catch up on lost time. The wives of 10 Wake…