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FINISHED WORK WITH SENATOR RON JOHNSON

Finished work leaves a feeling of permanence. And isn’t that the idea, locked in for the long haul. What do you do after you finish something? What’s next? Maintenance. But first, about that finished work.

HOW NORMAL HISTORICAL TIMES GO ABNORMAL

Normal historical times are also called boring, stuck in a rut, and monotonous times. Too much normal can drive people crazy. Nothing ever changes? Or maybe you don’t understand how changes happen. Is everything too slooooooooow for your liking?

WEAK ACTOR ATTRACTS WEAK FANS TO FEEL STRONG

When a weak actor delivers a poor performance and still gets a standing ovation, something is wrong with the audience. After seeing enough live theater from third row center over the years, and watching movies and television like the next kook looking for something better, what exactly is an actor? An actor is, “a person […]

AMERICAN JOURNEY: ASK FOR DIRECTIONS NOW AND THEN

The American journey was once a clear path: Behave yourself, finish school, get a job. Followed by: meet someone special and start a family. Then teach kids to behave themselves, finish school, and get a job. With all the work done, find a good rocking chair for the porch and relax. It’s been on repeat […]

ASIAN AMERICANS ARE AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS

Asian Americans are as American as it gets. I’ve said it twice. Fight me. Hate crimes against elderly Asian Americans is not a sport, not a statement, but an act of cowardice and ignorance committed by the sort of people we’ve seen too much of. Who are they? Who might be joining them? It’s people […]

AMERICAN STORY FROM THE LEFT COAST

Listen hard enough and the sound of progress is the American story. But coming from the wrong mouth to the wrong ears, the story gets twisted a different direction. Is progress defined as making new discoveries to help more people live better lives? I’m going with that until you, dear reader, come up with something […]

Chain Of Command From The Bottom Up Point Of View

After you’ve lived in a chain of command culture the picture clears up. It’s not about being over-burdened, neglected, or picked on.   It is about preparing to be a better link in the chain. Not exactly another brick in the wall, a chain is more active.   Or it’s preparation to leave the chain […]

PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

  Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]

D-DAY PRACTICE: DIEPPE, SLAPTON SANDS

History of D-Day practice neither grand or glorious. The real D-Day turned the tide in World War Two, but the two D-Day practice events left more dead than the real D-Day. Through those deaths communications improved. Coordination improved. And suppressing news improved. No one wanted it out that commanders had screwed up a D-Day practice […]