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January 11, 2023 Vic Socotra

And With the New Year….

The Trilogy is published and available! “Cocktails With the Admiral” is at Politics and Prose under “Vic Socotra.” Voyage to the CROSSROADS: Received this morning, a bold new edition of Last Cold War Cruise! Available at: They may come from different sellers, but the size is uniform and they nestle nicely! Last Cold War Cruise […]

January 10, 2023 Vic Socotra

Exciting New Opportunity From Socotra House!

(“Salty,” an image of a World War II Yankee sailor, salty as heck, done by W.E. Reddig, 1944) It is a New Year with some interesting events on our spinning world to come! There are some other issues coming together on the bluff above the Potomac River. We are done with the holidays, finally, with […]

January 10, 2023 Vic Socotra

That Brazil Thing…

(Former Brazilian leader Bolsonsaro, left, and current president Lula, right, in a delightful juxtaposition of their positions on the Spectrum). When your Pundit Class, as represented by the Writer’s Section at Socotra House, an independent assortment of Salty world travelers, is reduced to reading the AP account of what is happening in Brazil, you know […]

January 9, 2023 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Hannibal and Putin

Hannibal, the great Carthaginian general, is well remembered for his virtually mystical performance on the battlefield. For 14 years he waged war against Rome and never lost an engagement – until the last one, the battle of Zama. And even then, his defeat was a direct result of the earlier betrayal by his ally of […]

January 9, 2023 Vic Socotra

Roads Ahead

Well, we looked around but saw no alternatives. There was a proposal to use an image of a sunlit country road curving through green gentle hills, growing in Spring. Maybe with balloons on the margins. We have a great day ahead and are in good shape, all things considered. There is some natural inclination to […]

January 8, 2023 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Long ago one April

Editor’s Note: The arrival of Marlow’s thoughts- the unfinished ones- was timely this morning. They are bracing and add context to this morning’s attempt to understand what happened in the Opera Buffe on The Hill, the mess in Ukraine and two other regional conflicts in motion now. It is a time of great and fundamental change. […]

January 7, 2023 Vic Socotra

Family Matters

(The pie was quite real when it popped out of the oven). It took 15 ballots to confirm things, but we are in general but closely divided unity. One segment is our group on the hill west of the District and the one downtown where they capitalize The Hill. One segment of the Writer’s Section […]

January 7, 2023 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Keep ‘Em in Our Hearts

The Socotra House Legal Department sent around what they called a “views expressed” disclaimer and insisted we publish the same. An opinion disclaimer being defined by a billing hour’s generation of a formal written statement attributing specific information to a certain individual’s personal opinion. Like other disclaimers, an opinion disclaimer is designed to limit (or totally […]

January 6, 2023 Vic Socotra

The Weather Outside the Overton Window

It is always a bit of a shock to see the big machine come fully alive after the holidays. We all knew it was coming but the abrupt nature of the change is dramatic. There is- or was- some uncertainty about who was going to determine the tempo of events coming out of the New […]

January 5, 2023 Vic Socotra

Grant’s Tomb

Splash got up early this morning and was barking directions at an assortment of independent contractors in a variety of costumes. This holiday is finally showing signs of passage. There are birds of several species, Maids and Lords, an assortment of rings in precious metal and two stoic milk-cows. He has dealt nicely with The […]