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Impeachment and personal observations about the sixties
I could build a memoir around those seven recollections. Will I do so? Place your bets at Conversations with Dio.
Kipling and Kennedy
Grief speaks of loss, not explanations.
737 MAX: Let’s play Boeing roulette
Insist your planes are safe. We know the truth, and we know who cares about the truth. What do you say to families of the people who died on those two aircraft? We had a bit of bad luck there?
Politics and other matters
So, if you feel the frequency of posts at The Jeffersonian has fallen off a bit, go over to Conversations, to see the latest at that site.
Challenger address
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”
Social conflict, interview on pernicious activities
If we crave security and freedom – security of living with people we trust, and freedom to live without interference from others – why do we not gravitate toward institutions that embody live and let live principles?
F-35 fighter: you’ll buy it, and you’ll like it
Good heavens, I thought the Japanese were intelligent about deployment of their military resources. Why would they buy an airplane like the F-35?
Here’s how you play defense
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Achilles on the football field
View this post on Instagram “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, 'I …
Performance on the field, no matter what suit you wear
Even more insidious, the referees on the field won’t care either. Why should they? Their ruling can be overturned for no reason anyone can see. Little by little, they’ll develop an attitude that does not value what happens on the field, and that discounts what they contribute to the game. They’ll just try to guess what the word from New York will be.
Dick Gregory, 1932 – 2017
Dick Gregory wanted people to think of him as a humorist rather then a comic. A comic tells jokes. A …
