Colin Powell: His most memorable statement: In early 2003, during the rush to invade Iraq, Powell was told that then-president George W. Bush slept like a baby. Powell’s response was: In February, Powell read a speech at the U. N. Defending the invasion, a speech which was full of lies. What is missing: any … Continue reading Colin Powell: So Much Was Lost
On a road trip with daughter Molly. She too is a history buff. When we went to Richmond on Oct. 14, I was most eager to drive down fabled Monument Avenue, where a new history is overtaking a former one. For more than a century, Monument Avenue was famous for a parade of mounted Confederate leaders, … Continue reading Four New Views of Robert E. Lee: History Comes to Richmond
I hear about the messed up supply chain all the time. You know: the pandemic, a shutdown, an economic crash, China, the rollercoaster recovery, the Delta wave, etc., etc. I’ve written about it too, how our washer has been on the blink for ten months now, waiting for a small part, made in China, which … Continue reading Scaring the Shirt out of me: living with a busted supply chain
The much-ballyhooed Sept. 18 rally in support of the January 6 Capitol invasion was largely ignored by much U. S. Media Saturday afternoon. By midafternoon, the Drudge Report still featured it, but Fox News was fixated on refugees crossing the Texas border. Other networks were also ignoring the rally. But The Independent, a major UK … Continue reading Capitol Pro-Insurrection rally: An Independent View