You can imagine the blank looks around the picnic table at the morning Production Meeting. The Debate is tonight, and a modicum of suspense wafted from the steaming mugs of Chock Full O’ Nuts. There had been two topics under discussion. The “Debate” thing has been a matter of some extended duration since the surprising […]

Morning, All! There is a cascade of “news” this morning as we prepare for some actual news to come today and tomorrow. Those include some of the SCOTUS decisions that will affect the great power struggle about the next official to head the Government of the United States, and the debate between the two leading […]

Tough morning, since the Salts were out of shape due to strange dreams. Not nightmares, or t least not exactly. They reflected some of the wild discussion that commenced the new week that is likely to produce controversy and emotion about the events to come in this unfolding historic year. They were framed by the […]

Coming at Us from the Court This Week We talked about the last batch of Supreme Court Decisions last week. Now comes the week of decision for the last of the six. We take no partisan position on this, since the Legal Section was pretty stern about the matter. So, in preparation for what may […]

This started out with a somewhat anguished discussion from The Salts. We used to be minor action officers in the nuclear command and control business. Naturally, we were much younger and less saline sailors back then. Atomic weapons are a business for younger people. What sparked it was the opposite to the morning Production Meeting, […]

These are eight of The Salts. They are busy catching up this morning. Well, Splash is still dozing at the six o’clock position, for those who recall how to tell time on those circle things with “hands” that point but had no fingers. The other ones? That is DeMille at the “Three,” overlooking “Rhino” and […]

(In Arlington, skies are clear and bottomless blue. Temperature is 85 and rising, they say, to near triple digits. Water temperature, according to Prague-based Life Guard Pavlich, was 82 at time of immersion. Just about perfect). We do not claim it was a “Good” dip. It was more properly a decent wade, since we are […]

Sure, we know the Warren Court. That dates back to the last tumult in the Supremes. Under Judge Earl Warren, The Warren Court effectively ended racial segregation in U.S. public schools, expanded the constitutional rights of defendants, ensured equal representation in state legislatures, outlawed state-sponsored prayer in public schools, and paved the way for the […]

We got two late messages yesterday that set the tone of dreams. There was little else we could do about it, since we were horizontal and looking up into the darkness. One of them was a link to an old Senate transcript that featured our last live appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee. It […]

On this Father’s day, here is one for my Dad’s Dad: I have been to the Gatun locks twice, once on my own wallet and once on the Governments!