There’s something about the date that resonates through the decades, much further than the mere score since desperate souls long-famished for freedom and a sense of self-direction clawed and ripped at the megalithic icon that scarred a country’s conscience. In reviewing the evidence of Nine November, it must make one ponder what form desperation will evolve into for future generations; for if we forget, if the abolition of the blemish vacates the memory of the cause, of the ultimate depth of... read more

One of the “best and brightest” has faded away, but his warning should echo for years to come among the policy-makers worldwide. There can be no truly appreciable measure for the global impact Robert McNamara made in advancing the war against the North Vietnamese. In his latter years he as much as admitted there was no atoning for the sins committed in carrying out the war. In the context of the time, though, it was the proverbial high wire act over fire and ice. It is far too easy to de-... read more

It was customary in ye bad olde days to offer the headsman a tip just before execution so he’d (hopefully) make a good clean job of it. Of course, that was of no particular assurance, particularly if the headsman happened to have been imbibing the night before his appointed duty; but it was, nonetheless, customary, and a sign of terribly bad manners to ignore the conventional gratuity. (Doubtless, though, many who’d arrived at the chopping block were guilty of far worse than bad manners.) ... read more

He may not have been the first to tell us, but was undoubtedly the most notable.
"we have the best government money can buy"
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What is utter-
ly
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com
pre
hen
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ble
to we meager-
minded humans
is
the enormity of
Silence
between the blips.