I am shaken this morning by the realization that the Senators apparently now really like one another. I am a little disappointed that the male and female Democratic frontrunners were so chummy at the debate last night, and even more shaken when I realize that the female frontrunner also knocked back a couple whiskeys with […]

Bronze Troops at the Korean War Memorial, Washington, DC I think it must have started in the Vietnam Era, at least the modern version. It is appropriate to take a moment on it, since it is the anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the tactical disaster for the Viet Cong that became the instrument of strategic […]

Bronze Troops at the Korean War Memorial, Washington, DC I think it must have started in the Vietnam Era, at least the modern version. It is appropriate to take a moment on it, since it is the anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the tactical disaster for the Viet Cong that became the instrument of strategic […]

The McCain Monument, Hanoi There was a lot of talk when Bob Dole made his run against Bill Clinton to be President of these United States that, if successful, he would be the last WW II veteran to serve in the Oval Office. For a half century, no one could aspire to that office without […]

The McCain Monument, Hanoi There was a lot of talk when Bob Dole made his run against Bill Clinton to be President of these United States that, if successful, he would be the last WW II veteran to serve in the Oval Office. For a half century, no one could aspire to that office without […]

Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, I watched the President start his final State of the Union address last night with a certain pugnacious nonchalance. I was drowsy there is a lot going on. There is a meteor headed for a close pass to the Earth; the scientists tell me not to panic, […]

Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, I watched the President start his final State of the Union address last night with a certain pugnacious nonchalance. I was drowsy there is a lot going on. There is a meteor headed for a close pass to the Earth; the scientists tell me not to panic, […]

You know that you have been using your credit card too much when you have it memorized, and no longer actually have to pull it out of the wallet to know what the account number is. The expiration date is easy, though capricious, and the kicker is the three digit code on the back of […]

You know that you have been using your credit card too much when you have it memorized, and no longer actually have to pull it out of the wallet to know what the account number is. The expiration date is easy, though capricious, and the kicker is the three digit code on the back of […]

It was raw and cold, and I needed a break from writing proposals on a winter Saturday. I was headed down to Columbia Pike to use the Navy gas station near the Pentagon when I noticed it: a little hairline of silver that had crept out of the windshield frame on the driver’s side. It […]