This “billboard” is meant to be the first of a series in the runup to the June 14 “NO KINGS” protests. The strategy of the series is to widen the gap between Trump-Hegseth (TH) and many troops, and remind them (and others watching) that their oath is to defund the Constitution (not a wannabe monarch). … Continue reading For June 14: Don’t Miss This Big Chance to Find Allies Among the Troops (We Need Them.)
(Excerpt #1 is here.) In the spring of 1956 — Chuck was in eighth grade — orders came for the family to leave an Air Force base in California. His father, now a major, was aircraft commander of one of the largest bombers ever, the B-36. Click was assigned to join a squadron of these … Continue reading From “Tell It Slant,” Excerpt #2: Encouraging Rejections
Sheesh! Did somebody slip one (or two) of those “new” cure-all psychedelic pills into my low-sodium tomato juice?? Must have, because I’m having wild and weird hallucinations from —I don’t know— 1967? They’re full of long-haired young men shouting slogans against the draft. I can tell they’re hallucinations because other than the hair, the protesters … Continue reading Flashbacks! I’m Having 1967 Anti-Draft Flashbacks! From Vietnam to Jerusalem
