
As our 250th birthday approaches we are seduced into an orgy of nostalgia and kitsch. The banality of the recent cage fight on the White House lawn being the least of what’s to come. In preparation for the events around…
Read MoreThis past week Jai and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. I racked my brain for an appropriate gift to celebrate this auspicious occasion. Finally, in a flash of inspiration I thought of helping her celebrate our Dear Leader’s birthday…
Read MoreOne of my favorite film series are the Indiana Jones movies. I especially like “The Last Crusade,” filmed in the Petra National Archeological Park of Jordan. Why? Because our family got to visit that site.[1] You buy your tickets at…
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We are living in a fearful time. Not the fear of one but of many. We are closer to Great Power conflict than at any other time since WW I. The current level of mistrust and perceived threat resembles the…
Read MoreWe’ve all probably had a pet that we and our family got very attached to. Almost a mystical connection, if your personality is open to such rich connections. When we lived out in the California Desert a family in our…
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