The Burden of Personal Responsibility
Here is my take. Crimes should be about a human being harming another human being against the latter’s will (this includes property crimes).
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Dunnage as Sackcloth
This essay on Operation Eagle Claw appeared two years ago on this website.
Recently more than in times past, the month of April triggers some ominous memories that have become more vivid somehow with distance in time. I had relegated my memories of the events of Operation Eagle Claw (OEC) to my mind’s recesses after leaving the First Ranger Battalion for Special Forces (SF) in August of 1980 following the ill-fated mission that past April.
Restoring My Faith in the SPLC
This noble organization is now under attack from bigots working for Donald Trump.
Podcast: The Victorian Age
The Victorian Age, though often depicted rigidly conservative and conventional, was actually a period of great cultural ferment, both revolution and counter-revolution
The Trumpery President
Virtually everything I read in the gutter press (Is there anything else?) is fabricated. Fake New is the only news, especially when it comes from the White House.
Rainbow Stew
Merle Haggard was anything but a political thinker—or even a particularly good songwriter—but, with the exception of one unfortunate line—his 1981 hit song “Rainbow Stew” summed up the common wisdom of disgruntled Americans.
Homer for Modern Man
With the threat, looming over our heads, that a film version of the Odyssey is soon to be released
Escape From Alcatraz
In 1962, Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz prison. In 1979, Don Siegel made a movie about this event starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, and Fred Ward
In 1962, Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz prison. In 1979, Don Siegel made a movie about this event starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, and Fred Ward
Acting Naturally: The Biggest Fools That Ever Hit the Big Time, Week I
Here is your chance to nominate and vote for the Biggest Big-Time Fools of the Week
