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Editor’s Note: Here is a note from the Coastal Empire that commemorates something real and personal, and has nothing to do with the various crises we are supposed to stay alarmed about. This is about love. It seems like a good day for it. – Vic Angel Baby 6-month-old Angel in 2010 Author’s Note: Our […]
The Writer’s Section had some wistful smiles this morning, since it looks like the hurricane is going to hit New England rather than the Old Dominion. The smiles were a bit thin, perhaps, given all the other stuff we are supped to be worried about. But Marlow’s piece from his Coastal Empire this morning brought […]
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I don’t recall much about local coverage of the Carter Administration. I joined the Navy in March of 1977, and spent a year in an assortment of entry-level training. The most memorable figure in that interlude was Drill lnstructor hSSGT Ronald C. Mace, USMC, who remains one of the most memorable characters in any of […]
Editor’s Note: Marlow is in this morning with some thoughts about the nature of identity, and the use of it in past and current times. The Writer’s Section at Socotra House murmured about it at the editorial meeting this morning, some from behind masks of dubious health use but solid social value. Consider Marlow’s views […]
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Exciting week, right? You should see the pile of digits reflecting the thoughts and raw emotions of people who have dealt with the litany of memorable actions with which America has played a major role down through the years. Some of the Writers Section participated in the evacuation of Saigon, now 46 years in the […]
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Coastal Empire: Rants 1 & 2 Editor’s Note: Marlow sums up a general consensus for those who remember some of America’s moments in misguided policy. The long string of notes on “Afghanistan” is one for the books, from people who helped the Saigon evacuation in 1975, those who responded to the Tehran Hostage Crisis and […]