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Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Wait until the war is over, And we’re both a little older …”
Forty years ago I was living in Houston and my then-wife was expecting the first of our three children. On that day, 27 April 1975, I had been back from Việt Nam fifty-four months – four and a half years. It … Continue reading
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
It was 1957. I was ten years old, and had been hustled off to a Baptist military school in San Marcos, Texas. In retrospect, I was fortunate: fortunate not to be sixteen years old, African-American, and trying to enter Central … Continue reading
Fallen Angels of Death – Part Two
May, 1970 The Company commander had dropped his map out of a helicopter while he was on a recon flight. My Platoon was sent to look for it. There were twenty-three of us and we were well spread out, as … Continue reading
Fallen Angels of Death – Part One
January, 1970 An explosion jerked me back to the real world. I’d been sitting in the sun, smoking and daydreaming, when it happened. I grabbed my rifle, jumped up, and ran in the direction of the shouting and the drifting … Continue reading
BPD in the GOP
Given that we are seeing the first declarations of candidacy from politicians who would like to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2016, I think it’s an appropriate time to examine the scourge of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in … Continue reading
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Of Easter Eggs and Wedding Cakes
The Governor of Indiana saw the light. Sort of. What he really saw was a tsunami of outrage that threatened to swamp his Ship of State. Even Republican business people were angry with him for signing into law a bill … Continue reading