Editor’s Note: Marlow is on the hunt this morning. Arrias had some observations on the Navy’s failures of leadership. Vic contributed some thoughts on the Winds of Change series. Marlow goes for the gusto in this chapter of his Coastal Empire amid the reports of a nation in transformation. And the generational change that enables […]

Editor’s Note: Marlow expresses the mood at the Loading Dock today in more eloquent terms. It is not just something as abstract as “truth.” It is about the torrent in which we attempt to swim in this world. – Vic Marlow’s Note: The time has come to cross some: thin lines I remember my folks […]

Editor’s Note: Election Day in the Piedmont under light chill rain and gray sky. We will see how this goes. Our Handy-guy, a Bolivian by birth, is now a U.S. Citizen. He said he was going to go vote today during some routine Tuesday business. I have already done my civic duty. Do yours, if […]

Editor’s Note: Some of old America is happening out there. We will see what the system produces in our names when they get to it, right? – Vic – Author’s Note: I don’t have as reliable an answer as I once did. – Marlow  What’s Keeping America? What used to keep America aloft, enlivening its […]