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...
My most amazing cultural experience…
My parents were, effectively, refugees in Britain immediately after WW2. My mum never expressed a...
Have we gone back to the 1890s?
In the case of Russia, we had our Robber Barons era back in the 1990s....
The most influential music of the 20th century
I’m rather fond of the 1920s, during which blues and jazz became established as popular...