In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

I was distracted for a good part of Sunday by Jonathon Delacour’s Patriotism and the martial state , which makes an all-too convincing argument that America is a martial state that is mired in a mind-numbing patriotism. Of course, I realize as a Vietnam Veteran who periodically complains that most of my life has been [...]

It may appear, yet again, that nothing is going on over here, but nothing could be further from the truth. Well, actually, it’s closer to the truth than I’d like to admit, but I’ve been doing lots of things, so many things that I haven’t had time to do what I usually do, read [...]

Despite being retired and relatively free to do whatever I want to do, once again I find that Time’s demands cannot entirely be ignored, perhaps proof that old habits die hard. Lately, between Leslie’s urgings and my own feeling that I should get more done, I’ve felt the need to finally get started on some [...]