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Hurricane-Sized Storm Pounds the Great Lakes
Well, that’s over. Of course, I’m referring to the 2012 election. As you may know, my wife and I live in Iowa, which in recent times has been one of the swing states. That means our TV, radio,...
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Marines, We are Leaving!!
It’s been a really long time since we visited the Second World War battleground of Guadalcanal. Of course, it’s been a while since we discussed any topic at all on these pages. But I’m around this...
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Christmas Dinner with Scouts’ Honor
Christmas. The holiday of good cheer and lights. The morning of presents under a tree, wrapped and ready to be opened. It’s the one day when most everything business-related comes to a screeching...
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Kiribati’s non-New Year’s Eve
For nearly five years, I’ve darkened these pages with events that occurred on “this day in history.” Some things I’ve written have been good, some less so. But today, as 2012 runs out, we’re going...
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Stutthof Prisoners Turn the Baltic Blood Red
Well, it’s been a month again…this little endeavor hasn’t gone so well the last year or two. This month, it was a project at work that took nearly every waking minute (and several minutes that should...
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Prospectors Receive Warm Australian Welcome
I’ve watched a couple of shows about panning for gold. Not those “reality” programs (which probably aren’t real at all), but documentary-style shows where a guy will detail his methods of searching...
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The French Chef – A Television Pioneer
We get our television programming from DirecTV, and our channel lineup doesn’t contain any of the standard movie channels (HBO, Cinemax, etc.), but it does have two channels wholly devoted to food –...
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A Snowball’s Chance in the Sahara
I love to shovel snow. No, I’m serious. I really enjoy it. My goal has always been to get the driveway and sidewalk completely clean after a snowfall. So I start by removing as much snow as...
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Alexander Hamilton in the Crosshairs…Again
During the first decade the United States lived under the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton (on the left) was a political force. In fact, one could go so far as to say he was the second-most powerful...
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Skip Ewing – Country Music’s Unknown Star
Let’s play a game. What do the following phrases have in common? It’s You Again The Gospel According to Luke I’m Your Man Your Memory Wins Again It Wasn’t His Child Love, Me Lighter Shade of Blue...
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