I am going on a little trip. This coming Saturday I will be off on the first leg – to North Carolina. I depart from New York on Sunday.
It has been some time since I last visited Scotland; 1971, in fact. I lucked out and left the States the day after Nixon allowed the Dollar [...]
Scotland
October 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Whatever
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Tailgunner Joe Revisited
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
It seems that I have reached the age where history and autobiography become the same.
Senator Joe McCarthy’s antics permeated every aspect of the politics of his time. He was none too bright, as Joseph Welch and Ed Murrow showed. His accusations came from whole cloth. He played upon the fears and ignorance of the time [...]
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