When things occur in bunches it usually means an invisible hand is at work. Suddenly we’re seeing a spate of “Viet and Gulf War vets” claiming that Trump is among other things, a draft dodger. Real Vietnam-era vets, whether Viet…
Author: vassar
Picking the Good Guys from the Bad Guys
The Natural Law of Who Chooses This is partly another lecture on American Exceptionalism, for it is still unique to America and alien to the rest of the world. But it’s also a continuation of discussions we’ve had here in…
“How Can a Person See Such a Thing and not be Changed?”
The film is of a poignant burial at sea of a Navy gunner named Loyce Deen in the aircraft he was defending in 1944 in the Pacific. Takes just a minute and a half. Burial at Sea of Loyce…
Bill Russell, Professional Basketball and Me, Or, Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
I was born and raised in a basketball state. We had a football coach back in the later 40s- early 50’s, you may have heard of him, name of Paul Bryant. Took my state university to three straight bowl…