Far East Cynic

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

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Throwback Thursday And we are back.

Watching the ceremonies for the 75th anniversary of D-Day gave me poignant reminders of my own visit to the area some 5 years ago. The area is astounding, especially the area around Point du Hoc where fierce fighting occurred, with US Rangers fighting literally straight up. This was the post

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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

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The warning signs are evident.

Walter Schaub was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics from 2013 -2017. Watching how Trump adminstration officials were playing fast and loose with government ethics rules, he quit because he knew that he could not do his job the way it should be done. Since then

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Throwback Thursday One of my Pet Peeves.

It is Thursday again and time for a (slightly) older post, this one from 2014. Given the crush of news about The President being as childish as ever while fucking up being in Japan, I thought it would be worth reviewing a non-political subject. Enjoy. From August 27, 2014. I

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Through the looking glass….

“Keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times. The ride is going to get rocky from here on out.” – Robert Mueller, bus driver. Robert Mueller still has faith in the Constitutional process in America. He may be the last man in America to do so. Certainly Mitch McConnell

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Memorial Day.

I don’t have much to add to the discourse on this Memorial Day. In the past 14 Years I have written a good number of posts honoring the event. You can read some of the better ones here, here, here, and here. I can also point you to a list

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We must persevere.

Wow. It certainly was some week. Not a great week mind you, as far as the history of the United States goes, but it was a unique week. That is, if you are hell-bent on destroying the government of a Constitutional Republic by subverting the democratic rule of law. If

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Throwback Thursday. Who needs a sabbatical?

It’s Thursday again, and time to post one of my older posts – this one from 5 years ago. What prompted it was reading this article on another forum. I don’t think the root logic has changed. The military, by definition, cannot be a “family friendly employer.” Enjoy. Well, it’s

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This is nothing to celebrate.

This past weekend at the commencement ceremonies for Morehouse College, billionaire Robert Smith promised to pay off the student loan debt fully of every student graduating in 2019. When you consider that Morehouse had 396 people graduating. Just for argument’s sake lets assume all of them had student loans, that

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