November 27, 2023

A Memoir That Speaks to Me on Many Levels--"Free" by Lea Ypi

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      Free  is a great memoir.  It takes its place for me next to those of my other two favorites: James Reston's "Deadline" a...

Geo-Political Hopes Dashed--Family Relationships Keep Hope Alive

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    Geo-Political Hopes Dashed – Family Relationships Keep Hope Alive   As I reflect here today, Monday, November 20, with the world aflame ...
November 25, 2023

What Means the Most to Our Nation and to Our Lives -Reflections on Ben Rhodes' "After the Fall"

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  I finished reading Ben Rhodes’   After the Fall,  with increased respect for the author and for the insights he offers.    Let me capture ...
November 23, 2023

The Uphill But Essential Continued Battle for Rational Gun Regualation--The Story of the AR-15

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 I found McWhirter's and Elinson's "American Gun: The Trues Story of the AR-15" to be a gripping, informing and mind-openi...
November 22, 2023

The Depths of Unvarnished Prejudice Against Blacks by Educated Northerners On the Verge of the Civil War

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A chilling, eye-opening reminder:  The speech of Francis P. Blair, Jr. (a congressman and Senator of the United States and graduate of Princ...
November 7, 2023

The Role of Human Agency--The Difference Individuals Can Make

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  During a conversation during a recent P&G Alumni Reunion, I was asked for my perspective on the developments that have occurred in Rus...
October 23, 2023

Israel and Palestine--A History Offering a Ray of Hope

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  I’ve read four books now on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, each with their own strengths. However, the freshest, and in many ways the m...