chapter-5-winning-the-war It had been more than forty years since my father had been back to West Point. He had returned for his fifth reunion, making the trek from Fort Benning. He returned a year or two later when his brother was stationed there. But he had not been back since; he talked about attending theContinue reading “Chapter 6: Reunion”
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Discussion: Systemic Racism, Unconscious Bias, and Affirmative Action
A liberal friend of mine and I have engaged in off-an-on discussions of systemic racism in American institutions. I say it was eliminated in the 1960’s. He says it is a still a problem. Below, is the start of a formal discussion of this through this forum. He presents his case and then there isContinue reading “Discussion: Systemic Racism, Unconscious Bias, and Affirmative Action”
COVID: The Big Drop, Free Beer, and a Good Show
Analyzing numbers is not an interest for most people, but this week’s COVID numbers are chock full of information that can tell us a lot about what has happened and what to expect next. I explain what the numbers tell us and then share more tid-bits on variants, vaccines, masks, as well as more onContinue reading “COVID: The Big Drop, Free Beer, and a Good Show”
COVID: How Low can the Numbers Go?
It is a good time for a COVID update as cases and deaths in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest levels since the very beginning of the pandemic. In other words, you have to look back 14 months to last March to find lower numbers than today. I will focus first on the numbersContinue reading “COVID: How Low can the Numbers Go?”
On (American) Fascism
I listened recently to a couple separate interviews with David Horowitz, one by Dave Rubin on Blaze TV and the other by Ben Shapiro on his Sunday special. Horowitz was raised by Communists parents and was once a far-Left leaning journalist and activist, but made the switch to conservative journalist and writer. During these interviews,Continue reading “On (American) Fascism”
Vanishing COVID
The big stories the past couple weeks are one that COVID is rapidly vanishing and two that the CDC has finally relented and declared an end to most restrictions: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday abruptly changed its guidance on masks and social distancing, saying people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 don’tContinue reading “Vanishing COVID”
Who are the Real Racists?
A few weeks ago I addressed the question: is the orange man (Trump) the racist his opponents have continually claimed he is? https://seek-the-truth.com/2021/04/07/who-is-a-racist/. I start today from the premise that he is not. I don’t claim Trump never said a suspect thing (he has said many), and I don’t claim he has never said thingsContinue reading “Who are the Real Racists?”
Chapter 5: Winning the War
Chapter-4-O-Sole-Mio After Naples, my father was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he prepared for his first tour in Viet Nam. Sandwiched in between trips to Viet Nam, a six-year period, were a tour at Fort Monroe, Virginia, working with some unit called CONARC, classes at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, andContinue reading “Chapter 5: Winning the War”
COVID: Vaccines, More Lies and Hilarious Political Theatre
This past Wednesday, the CDC predicted cases in the U.S. could rise in May before falling again. CDC predicts a surge in COVID-19 cases through May thanks to variants | TheHill. Here we go again. The CDC has shown its willingness to adjust the science to fit the Biden administration’s political message. The current administrationContinue reading “COVID: Vaccines, More Lies and Hilarious Political Theatre”
COVID Update: More Silliness but Still Trending in the Right Direction
Of course, the past week or so there was a whole lot more silliness with regard to the politics of COVID, but first let’s look at the current numbers and try to project where we are headed. U.S. deaths are at their lowest point in the last seven months and new cases at their lowestContinue reading “COVID Update: More Silliness but Still Trending in the Right Direction”
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