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Playing Hardball
Have you changed since you were16? Yes, of course. Your experiences reshaped and enriched some of your beliefs. That’s a good thing. Intellectual growth is founded on assimilating new ideas and facts to inform one’s opinions and decision making, So why do people who testify to “waking” up object to politicians whom they dislike changing their opinions?
It’s a one way street political tactic. Consider the left’s cherished Trump as Nazi meme.
Sep 28


The Socialism Merry-Go-Round, Part 2. The Tower of Babel
The Socialist Merry-Go-Round, Part 2. The Tower of Babel. Good luck finding a definitive definition of socialism
Jul 23


The Socialism Merry-Go-Round
Conversation requires words and words require defintions. Socialism has been on a merry-go-round of definitions for decades. No wonder Americans can't rationally discuss or debate socialism.
Jul 21


Homelessness: Inhumanity Disguised as Compassion
Connecticut’s House Bill 07033 died a peaceful death on June 4, 2026. Cruelty died with it. According to Democrats and their media cronies, poverty sends people to the streets and keeps them there. Well, consider the case of actress Daveigh Chase, who lived on the streets of LA while leaving millions in residual checks uncashed. Mentally ill, addicted to heroin and fentanyl, Chase died from sepsis. Although most of her neighbors on the the streets of LA don’t have millions,
Jul 3
Why Do the Republicans Keep Sending Out Their Players Unprepared?
I expect the Democrats to rail and scream distortions to outright lies, but I wish Republicans were prepared to challenge them. Trump had made it clear for days and in his post that he was threatening infrastructure.
Apr 8


Meeting Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk Part V (Copy)
Recently declassified Kennedy assassination documents reveal that the CIA was involved in the murder. Hardly surprising.
Jul 16, 2024


Meeting Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk Part V
Recently declassified Kennedy assassination documents reveal that the CIA was involved in the murder. Hardly surprising.
Apr 2, 2023


Meeting Oswald in Minsk - Picture Perfect? Part IV
We’ve covered a lot of territory, but questions from family and readers keep enlarging the project.
Feb 28, 2022


Meeting Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk - Questions and More Questions Part III
As an historian, I am not particularly drawn to the topic of the assassination of JFK. For me, it is a matter of family history, and for the past week, I have spent hours talking to and texting with family, reading declassified documents, and
Feb 24, 2022


Meeting Lee Harvey Oswald - Part II
If he didn’t want to discuss his travels, why did Loren tell the family about their trips to Russia and Texas? I have some ideas about that.
Feb 21, 2022


Meeting Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk Part I
Marie Hyde and Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk When my father mentioned in the early 1960s that Great Uncle Loren and Aunt Marie went to Russia it sounded highly suspicious to an Army kid like me. As the family component of the occupation forces in Germany in the early 1950s, we lived primed for a Russian invasion. Going to the store or for a ride in the country? Mom frisked me like a cop with a shoplifter. Didn’t find my dog tags dangling around my neck under my shirt? Unpleasant
Feb 17, 2022
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." - George S. Patton
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