Archive for the 'War' Category

The American Flag

 I want to remind every person living in the United States, legally or illegally, the following truth:
A ‘Veteran’ — whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve — is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an amount of ‘up to, and [...]

Blessed Be the Slobs

For a number of years I have been going to the same resort in Jamaica. Quite a few years ago I met the man who picks up trash and plastic cups from the beach, arranges the beach lounges and chairs for the next day and then rakes the beach.
He’s a Rastafarian as is his father [...]

Identity Card Revisited

Although a National Identity Card is both a practical and absolute form of identification I have yet to find anyone who agrees with the concept.
Since I posted the previous article I have talked with a number of people and everyone feels that it would restrict their freedom.
The second concern is if there were such a [...]

Polls, Politics and Pawns

This is a good time to talk about polls and their effect on the politics that shapes the lives of us poor pawns. It was about two months ago that I heard something on TV that made me wonder about the average person on the street. Remember, the average person is the one who votes [...]

The War Chest

I am reading a very interesting book edited by Robert Cowley, “What if?: The World’s Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been“.
It is an anthology of essays that look into historic events which would have had drastic consequences for the way we live today if some small event had not happened.
Ignoring the entire point [...]