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June 4, 2017 Vic Socotra

Observing the Observation

Editor’s note: I wish I had been there to see the ceremony honoring the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. It was held in front of what had been the 14th Naval District on Pearl, and home of The Dungeon, where our pal Mac worked with the legends of naval intelligence. But I wasn’t, […]

June 3, 2017 Vic Socotra

The Third of June

Editor’s Note: I am a little frustrated. I was supposed to be in Honolulu this morning. But that does not change the significance of the date, 75years ago. We talked about some of this yesterday, as the epic Battle of Midway was nearing. The 3rd of June was a special day, and we ought to […]

June 2, 2017 Vic Socotra

Golden Pelicans

All the ceremonies surrounding the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway are kicking off today. The vast distances involved meant that the epic struggle would play out over a week. In the parlance of today’s warfighters, the “battlespace had been shaped” by the codebreakers of Station Hypo, the information had been passed cogently to […]

June 1, 2017 Vic Socotra

Postcard From the Swamp

Forgive me, gentle readers. I have been quite distracted of late, and perhaps it is only the radical New York uptempo rhythm that now pervades and pulsates in our soggy somnolent former Southern town. I mean, honestly. I had to do my slides for the big weekly meeting- you know, the one where I hold […]

May 30, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Comfortably Numb

Editor’s Note: Slow out of the gate this morning, not through sloth but for preparations for the pool opening and the vital Firts plunge. More on that in a separate missive. In the meantme, Marlow is still trying to make sense of it all. – Vic Author’s note: This is the second of a two […]

May 29, 2017 Vic Socotra

Arrias on Politics: Memorial Day Weekend

Editor’s Note: No one has summed up the spirit of this day more eloquently than Arrias. I am not going to bother trying to pen something. I am going to post his thoughts and drive over to Arlington and give your greetings to Mac, Dan, Vince, Rick and Scotty. It is a privilege to be […]

May 28, 2017 Vic Socotra

Arrias on Politics: Trump, Reformation and the Middle East

The historian Will Durant commented that the Reformation “…(left) the Church purified… into an organization politically weaker but morally stronger than before.” In short, the Reformation didn’t change what the Church really believed, but it did serve to change how those in the Church thought about political power and the various nations-states of Europe, and […]

May 28, 2017 Vic Socotra

Condominium

I live in a condominium, and this book was my travel companion this week. Sometimes Art imitates life, or vice versa. This gem of a paperback set the tone for the adventure to the Sunshine state. It is by John D. MacDonald, a prolific author of detective stories set in Florida, and which I used […]

May 27, 2017 Vic Socotra

Ducks and Loons

I was up early- probably some opening day anxiety that something could go wrong. There is a lot of that going around these days. The pool was going to open at ten- and I had to be ready. In preparation I cooked some of the Neuski’s corned beef hash and a couple eggs, sunny side […]