People, myself included, love to use historical analogies to describe the current hellscape we are living through. The most popular comparison of the rise of Trumplandia is to that of Nazi Germany in the ’30s. I confess to having fallen into the habit myself, and you can find plenty of examples of me doing so… Continue reading The Third Boer War
Category: Why I miss the British Empire
The cracks were always there – maybe the building needs to collapse.
The new wingnut narrative is coalescing. Since the “let them drink Lysol” narrative did not work, they are going to a new multi-pronged attack: 1) The governors are stifling pent up demand. The economy is ready to come back if it were not for this pesky emphasis on saving lives and protecting doctors and nurses.… Continue reading The cracks were always there – maybe the building needs to collapse.
L’Shana Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim
Is the Hebrew phrase for, “Next year in Jerusalem”. ( לשנה הבאה בירושלים). A couple of things have been making me think of that phrase this past week. Today, for example, is Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. It happens right before the week of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day. I’ve been in Israel twice… Continue reading L’Shana Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim
Where was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.
So, by my count, it has been well over 5 months since I posted here. There are a multitude of reasons for it, few of them good, but they were consumers of my time. It has been a busy five months as I was engrossed in a project as well as a postgraduate course or… Continue reading Where was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.
Behind the facade
During a recent conversation with a former squadron mate, the talk turned to the dismal state of American politics. He is of the conservative bent, but not of the wild-eyed MAGA hat variety. He made the assertion that Trump is an aberration, a unique creation of the times and the particular circumstances of the 2016… Continue reading Behind the facade
I’m a trendsetter!
Eight years ago, I wrote a series of posts regarding the Navy’s imbalance in its flag officer community. The problem then, as it is now, is that the Navy has too many flag officers. It has more flag officers than it has ships. I pointed out then that the issue was a reflection of the… Continue reading I’m a trendsetter!
The good guys win one for a change.
Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities in the world. I like it almost as much as I like Singapore and that says a lot. I first visited the city in 2000, only three years after the tragedy that saw it pass from British Control to that of the Communist Chinese government in Beijing.… Continue reading The good guys win one for a change.
These things are just not done.
Without a doubt, one of the foremost highlights of my time here in Europe has been the work I have been privileged to do in Israel. To be able to have been there for protracted periods, learn the language and see the society has been a fond memory for me and I will treasure my… Continue reading These things are just not done.
Short-sighted folks
I could not help observing during the visit of the Orange Monster to the mother country, how a certain segment of the American population is so blind to the realities of the world that was created in the wake of World War II. And I am talking specifically of that contemptible breed of American who:… Continue reading Short-sighted folks
Throwback Thursday. The Maid’s Day Off.
Under the idea of changing things up a bit, I have decided to use Thursdays to re-post some of what I think are my better postings over the last 14 years. Plus hopefully, it will bring them to a new set of readers. This is one of my early posts written 4 months after I… Continue reading Throwback Thursday. The Maid’s Day Off.