What have schools stopped teaching?
I left school at 18, back in the late 1960s. In the 55 years since,...
What were we taught
I was born in the USSR so I was taught to love Lenin. Actually, at...
Why we love nostalgia?
Do we love nostalgia? One of human mind’s most interesting features is that we tend...
What’s wonderful, but doesn’t last?
Something like a glorious sunset, there for a few stunning minutes, and then completely gone....
Can we depend on our military?
Can I depend on the US Military? If what you are talking about is the...
Would I go back in time?
With this week’s blog, we decided on a couple of ground rules: • No coming...
How proud am I of my country?
How proud am I of America? Well, by next week this should be an interesting...
It’s not a lie, it’s true!!
It was in Sri Lanka, many moons ago, during our 3-week vacation on this most...
A new pope – do we care?
Americans, even catholic Americans, have an odd relationship with the Vatican. The Americans send heaping...
Games we used to play
In those halcyon days of the beginning of the swinging sixties, I was a commuter...