In the minute or so it took to turn off the car and walk less than fifty yards to my cubicle, the second plane hit the other tower and I sat down at my desk in a completely different world. Of course, the real question was what that world would look like. When the first… Continue reading Twenty five years after 9-11, we will wake up to a different world however intentional its creation
Tag: war on terror
Springsteen isn’t a “critical patriot,” he’s a partisan hack, but I love him anyway
For a man who claims to be driven by principle, he has an odd habit, one dating back to the 1980s, of only entering the fray when a Republican is in office, either sleeping through Democrat Presidencies or somehow believing all our problems are solved when we elect a Democrat. “I believe in critical patriotism,”… Continue reading Springsteen isn’t a “critical patriot,” he’s a partisan hack, but I love him anyway
Hegseth’s big gathering of top military brass and my experience in the car business
Most of us who have either deadlines or quotas to meet, have been summoned by our bosses and upbraided for failing to meet them. If I could deal with it as an 18 year old in the car business in a much more vulgar fashion, military leaders should certainly be able to deal with it… Continue reading Hegseth’s big gathering of top military brass and my experience in the car business
Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, and the wisemen are all fools
Most people likely wouldn’t connect these two bands for obvious reasons, but on two songs, eight years apart, we get the sense the world is rapidly falling apart because those who are supposed to be the wise ones are revealed to be only fools. In 2007, Bruce Springsteen released his fifteenth studio album, Magic, which… Continue reading Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, and the wisemen are all fools
Biden: Good luck and Godspeed finally getting us out of Afghanistan
President Biden announces a full pull out by September 11, 2021. Technically, it’s a delay from Trump’s planned withdrawal on May 1, but either way all fair minded observers should hope he can succeed where both his predecessors failed and end one of the longest wars in US history. President Joe Biden and I finally… Continue reading Biden: Good luck and Godspeed finally getting us out of Afghanistan




