Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 18, 2011

Surrendering Religious Liberty to the State for Money: The Example of Florida I n 2011

“To suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty, … Continue reading →

Blazing Saddles and Contemporary American Life and Politics

The affairs of state http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiF0M4uOhgI&feature=related What’s a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this? Sometimes a film can capture the spirit of a society. If there is an iconic film that captures the spirit of America … Continue reading →

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April 16, 2011

Autographs can be Expensive

I love collecting autographs. I have a lot of them, especially of baseball players including such greats as Hall of Fame players such as Harmon Killebrew, Ferguson Jenkins and the Duke of Flatbush Duke Snider. Yesterday on my way home … Continue reading →

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April 14, 2011

Cheating in Baseball: The Case of Barry Bonds and it’s Relationship to Modern America

Barry Bonds was convicted of one count of Obstruction of Justice in his trial on perjury charges. The obstruction count came as a result of Bonds’ 2003 Grand Jury testimony. The three perjury charges were deadlocked and the judge has … Continue reading →

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April 12, 2011

Adjusting Strategy to Reality

Taliban Fighters “The core goal of the U.S. strategy in the Afghanistan and Pakistan theater remains to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat al-Qa’ida in the region and to prevent its return to either country…” US Strategy in Afghanistan for 2011 … Continue reading →

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April 11, 2011

The Current American Crisis and Drawing Comparisons from the End of the Imperial Germany

Revolution: Members of the Spartacists Bund in Berlin Introduction There are times when great nations face catastrophe. It is something that has befallen every world power at one time or another. Therefore it should not be a surprise if the … Continue reading →

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April 10, 2011

Changes of Plans: It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts

Dinner as a Guest of Brigadier General Sabah of 7th Iraqi Division Today I was planning on traveling about an hour from here up to Kinston to see the Kinston Indians play the Winston-Salem Dash. That did not happen as … Continue reading →

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April 9, 2011

The Gift My Dad Gave to Me: Baseball and the Mystery of Life

The Big A This post is an updated and edited version of an article that I published here in 2009. It is something that I come back to often because it deals with my dad and the influence that he … Continue reading →

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April 8, 2011

A Portrait of America: Baseball and Budget Battles

“Baseball is an allegorical play about America, a poetic, complex, and subtle play of courage, fear, good luck, mistakes, patience about fate, and sober self-esteem.” Saul Steinberg Baseball is a game of tough decisions, compromises and suspense that at times … Continue reading →

Dumb Guy Things: The Male Hormone Causes Brain Damage….I’m Proof of It

Last night my friends I violated “Shafer’s Law” which is “let’s not do dumb things.” The etymology of term goes back to my Commanding Officer while I was the Brigade Adjutant at the Academy of Health Sciences back in 1988. … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Surrendering Religious Liberty to the State for Money: The Example of Florida I n 2011

Blazing Saddles and Contemporary American Life and Politics

Autographs can be Expensive

Cheating in Baseball: The Case of Barry Bonds and it’s Relationship to Modern America

Adjusting Strategy to Reality

The Current American Crisis and Drawing Comparisons from the End of the Imperial Germany

Changes of Plans: It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts

The Gift My Dad Gave to Me: Baseball and the Mystery of Life

A Portrait of America: Baseball and Budget Battles

Dumb Guy Things: The Male Hormone Causes Brain Damage….I’m Proof of It

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