Author: Vic Socotra

Arrias: To Deter

There has been some interesting talk in the past week about deterrence and escalation and proportionality and I’m beginning to wonder if those words still mean what I thought they mean, like the word “secret” on the front page of a newspaper. But it’s important to review what they really mean because getting this wrong […]

Apologies

You may have noticed something different in the look-and-feel of The Daily. We know we have. We fell back to this old system a couple years ago when the profundity of newer and more popular systems came along. Our kids told us to look a little more au currant, and we tried for a while. […]

Weather Report: Swift Waters

(The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Socotra House Publications. Our inability on this morning to change the font size of the title or add pictures direct into the text may reflect some eccentricity of the ancient America On Line application. We are struggling to repair). Goodness, there is a lot of “stuff” […]

What’s in the Bill?

The Congress is wrestling with a Bill About the Border. You might have heard about it. It is a big deal, and they may get around to telling us what is in it this week, right before they vote on it. We should just leave it at that, since the idea of Senators and Representatives […]

Groundhog Day

If you are only recently awake, we have the scene-setter for you about what is to come from the sky. You have been warned about scene-setting messages and large furry animals that serve as weather-guessers, and we are going to do it anyway. Punxsutawney Phil, a noted Groundhog, did not see his shadow this morning. […]

Thinking About the Unthinkable

(The Honorable, or formerly Honorable based on government service and Current Crime Wave victim Mike Gill. Photo USG). Well here we are. We have beat the heck out of January and cast it aside. The clouds have parted with the dawn here at Big Pink, and there is some momentary clarity blazing bright white from […]

Severe and Acute

There has been more information coming out about the Pandemic lately, the most recent one. We have discovered that some of the policy decisions were based not on Science, but on Policy. Splash was muttering as the meeting lurched into Wednesday norms, the one where the themes of the week teeter on the balance point […]

Arrias and His Muse: Wide Awake

Author’s Note: And the Muse appeared in my morning in Tidewater- it would make a good start for a Neil Simon play… – Arrias Wide Awake It all started with a very strange dream, But no beautiful maiden and a dragon, Just me and an old Navy buddy, Cans of caviar and a station wagon. […]

Dis-United Nations

Author’s Note: The Legal section was in more of an uproar than usual this morning. They approved the Disclaimer, then told us we had to run it. That apparently is how the Law works! – Vic “The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Socotra House Publications […]