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I’m sorry Dave, but I’m afraid I can’t share your optimism
I started my first blog ten years ago, when blogs were still a thing.
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When Will they Come for Milton?
The last time I spent any time thinking about Nimitz Library was the day then Secretary of Defense William Cohen handed me the folder containing my…
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Thoughts on the Increase in Autism Diagnoses
Brace yourselves…it’s about to get political…
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Playing Tariff Chicken
The fun of gambling with the economic outcomes of other people...
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What I've Been Reading
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
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Blood on the Tracks
How I Finally Understood Dylan—and Why Future Generations May Never Find the Time
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They Don't Make Service Academy Graduates Like We Used to
One of the great constants of all things is the belief by any given service academy graduate that their class was the last real class there ever would…
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