Final Resting Place of the Brave

I have always had the opinion that the U.S. Air Force (U.S.A.F.) is the brain behind the military.  And airmen and airwomen look smart and classy in their dress blues, particularly when the left breast is adorned with a matrix of colorful accommodation ribbons and shiny medals. But recent reports in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal call into question the “unreasonable” lack of care...
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The Audacity of Ambition

The charmingly gregarious Herman Cain, Republican presidential hopeful, finds himself mired in a scandal that threatens his bid to replace Barack Obama. What is it about wealthy and seemingly powerful men who believe so deeply in their own propaganda that they doubt their soiled past will not come back to plague their public aspirations?   While I have not read Mr. Cain’s book, I would wager...
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

The Complicit Goings-On At Penn State University Ten alleged victims and fifty counts of various sex crimes against children over a decade and a half, and this man is free to go home?  This is one of those cases where ‘innocent until proven guilty’ is unnecessary.  Let’s just drop the word “allegedly” and call a spade a spade; a snake, a snake; a monster, a monster; a child molester,...
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