Author Archives: M.

National We Got the Hell Out Day

Posted on 30 March 2016 by M.

  Yesterday, 29 March, was National Viet Nam Veterans’ Day.  I had no idea such a thing existed.  You may wonder, as I did, why it’s on 29 March. 29 March 1973 is the day that the last American combat … Continue reading →

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Rioting Around the Tree of Liberty

Posted on 17 March 2016 by M.

Scottie Nell Hughes thinks that riots “aren’t necessarily a bad thing.” Besides being a rabid Tea Partier, and a darling of right-wingnut television and talk radio, her credentials for making this pronouncement also include, according to her, being the granddaughter … Continue reading →

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The Duce of New York City

Posted on 12 March 2016 by M.

“… and for the life of me I could not quite comprehend what hidden springs he undoubtedly unloosed in the hysterical mob which was greeting him so wildly.” — William L. Shirer, Berlin Diary   You may be tired of … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Donald

Posted on 2 March 2016 by M.

Internet Headlines: * GOP nears its breaking point as Donald Trump rolls toward nomination Donald Trump is on the verge of winning the Republican nomination, and the GOP is plummeting into a civil war that promises to redefine the party … Continue reading →

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Will Rogers and Yellow Dogs

Posted on 2 March 2016 by M.

  The Democratic caucuses were held here in Colorado last night. I went, because I never pass up an opportunity to vote. I also went because I wanted to cast my vote for Bernie Sanders. It was quite a scene … Continue reading →

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Why Bernie vs Hillary Matters More Than People Think

Posted on 13 February 2016 by M.

Originally posted on Benjamin Studebaker:
Lately the internet has become full of arguments about the merits and demerits of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been discussing and pondering all the various views about this,…

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The Spirits in the Walls

Posted on 4 February 2016 by M.

Several years ago, I lived in a nice house, on a nice block, in an old streetcar neighborhood of the Mile High City. The house had been built in 1900. I found it picturesque and appealing, for the same reasons … Continue reading →

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Opening the Wound

Posted on 1 February 2016 by M.

Forty-six years ago today, in Viet Nam, I was wounded during an assault by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops on a village that my infantry company was defending. It would not be an overstatement to say that those few … Continue reading →

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The Feather of Truth

Posted on 12 January 2016 by M.

Consign me to the flames. Set me afloat on a wooden raft at sea. Anything but putting me in a hole in the ground. Not that I’d know, of course, since I’d be dead. Nevertheless, one does have to express … Continue reading →

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Lists and Letters

Posted on 24 December 2015 by M.

The year-end making of lists has rather a long history. The most important list, at least for young true believers this time of year, is one that gets mailed; allegedly to the North Pole. Letters to Santa aside, annual lists … Continue reading →

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