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Taps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw Today is Memorial Day, with all the varied meanings attached to it, all of which are deemed by their interpreters to be the proper meaning, all of which commemorate the tragedy of war. An e-mail from Mel in California on Friday, May 23, led me back to a treasure trove of copies of […]
Note from Moderator: Mary Ellen filed this review of a book about the Civil War over a year ago. It seems particulary pertinent as a memory for Memorial Day, 2009. A companion to this article might be a recent talk by Howard Zinn on America’s “Three Holy Wars” at the 100th anniversary celebration of the […]
In #26, May 21, 2009, I mentioned an adventure on which I was about to embark: hooking into something called a webinar on “The Fear Factor: A briefing on communication and messaging from U.S. in the World”. This session was taking place in some conference room in Washington D.C. Apparently at roughly the same time, […]
Shortly I will join a webinar sponsored by the Connect US Fund (www.connectusfund.org). The title of the session “The Fear Factor: A briefing on communication and messaging from U.S. In The World”. The suggested readings are listed at the end of this posting. They are very interesting. I write intentionally before that session convenes. […]
#25 – Dick Bernard: Thoughts at 25 Today is an anniversary of sorts: I’ve reached the quarter century mark in the world of blogging. Twenty-five posts is tiny, nonetheless, a good time to do an initial review…and encourage people like you to become contributors of your words. Today is the 57th day this […]
As the transition from Bush to Obama continues, the differences between the reliance of power versus force, while subtle, are still quite substantive. I believe it is best explained in a piece I wrote in the midst of the Bush incompetence. The tension between power and force is great and often misunderstood. Much of the […]
A beautiful Sunday afternoon was very tempting for a good long walk, but I knew that the long anticipated appearance of Barack Obama at Notre Dame was soon to begin, so I delayed the walk and watched the proceedings live on Notre Dame’s website, from the procession of graduates into the fieldhouse, to the remarks […]
Yesterday’s post on Heather (#21, May 13) got me to thinking back to those “good old days” about which people my age tend to recall so fondly as we face these troubled times. “Wouldn’t it be nice”, we tend to say, “if only we could be transported back into those good old times when life […]
Last night, shortly before 7 p.m. at Ballfield #5 in Lakeville MN, Heather Bernard came up to the plate, wearing an Ohio State pullover, and holding and jiggling her bat like she’d doubtless seen countless batters on television prepare for the pitch. (She looked pretty good, actually!) The pitcher lobbed the softball towards the plate, […]