The Watch–cont’d

He noticed that the other gun crews were about done with cleaning their stations and most of the spent casings had been thrown overboard.  His gun was ready and he reported that to the Lieutenant.   What time was it?  He glanced at his watch–09:15.   It seemed like he had been out there longer than that.   [...]

Football Recruiting From the Dark Ages

Much as changed over the years of my life including the way colleges go about recruiting football players.  I went through that process quite some time ago.  My junior year in high school I had had some modicum success.  I made second team All City and even second team All Area which was a pretty [...]

The Lawyer Fee Trial

As a young lawyer I was involved in a trial suing for the collection of attorney fees.  I was with a small but very good law firm at the time.  I was to be the second chair in the case.  There are different kinds of second chairs.  A lot depends on the size of the [...]

2 Cents Worth–Constitution, Dollar, Sports, Weather

It appears we will have some sort of health reform bill in the near future.  Forgetting all the political and indeological arguments I do wonder how much more it will cost each of us.  The free lunch analogy will apply here like it does to everything.  To pay for all those without coverage who say [...]

Rights, Responsibilities and Society

It seems that all societies go through periods when they confuse or diminish the distinctions between rights and responsibilities.  On the one hand everyone today is claiming that everything is a personal right and on the other they believe it is the government’s responsibility to fix anything and everything they perceive as not working out [...]

Resolve, Revolution and Hope

Some are delighted with the direction the country is taking at the moment.  They relish the growth of government and believe the more laws, regulations and central control the better.   They believe that government truly can and should be our nanny from the cradle to the grave.  They apparently don’t trust the people to do the [...]

Lessons For Afghanistan From Reconstruction And The Raj

The current administration is making a complete review of our strategy and position and prospects in Afghanistan to great public notice.  It usually is best to consider such matters much more privately than is being done with this.  The great decisions of WWII between Churchill and Roosevelt were made behind closed doors with their most [...]

Some Weeks Are Tougher Than Others

When I reflect back sometimes on the adventures in life I wonder where I got the physical energy to do some of the things I did.  The very thought of them these days makes me exhausted.  I suppose it has something to do with be young and full of spit and vinergar.  My last semester [...]

Ethos and Culture Matter

What is it to be an American?   That is always a good question and one floating about a lot these days with heated political rhetoric from all comers.  Nothing wrong with the heated rhetoric as such, ‘it is a mark of our freedoms and rights and we have always been pugnacious when it comes to [...]

Prayer, Hope And Peace

This bit is for the on-the-fence partial or even non-believer.  You have all heard the expression about there being no atheist in foxholes.  That when push really does come to shove that everyone wants to believe and will make an appeal to a higher power.  Well, that is I think mostly true.  I will acknowledge [...]