Monday, February 27, 2017

From Pearl Harbor to 9/11

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It might be said that the enemy is different, not a nation state but a dispersed and diffuse array of "lone wolves." It migh...
Friday, February 24, 2017

I Quit Meetup

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I sent this to CivicAction@Meetup.com and to the Austin #Resist when I received a Meetup request from them.   I also sent it to the organiz...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

2017 Austin Energy Regional Science Fair

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For the sixth consecutive year, I judged the middle school and high school exhibits in Behavioral Sciences in the Austin Energy Regional Sci...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

12 O'Clock High

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One of my captains recommended this. “You ought to get a lot out it, even based on what you know now,” he said. I think that he meant the p...
Monday, February 13, 2017

World War II Sweetheart Dinner and Dance (2017)

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The Texas Military Forces Museum hosted a Valentine's Day party Saturday evening, February 11, 2017.  Period dress was encouraged, thoug...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Romantic Realism

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Romantic Realism is a school of aesthetics that developed as a consequence of the works of Ayn Rand. Rand saw herself (paraphrasing) as ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Postmodernism

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On The Federalist blog is a recent essay identifying Pres. Donald Trump as an anti-postmodernist. (“Donald Trump is the First President to...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

War is Good for Absolutely Nothin’

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One person can make a difference. Whether that is for good or bad depends on much that is outside the control of that significant mover and...
Monday, January 16, 2017

What is “Legal Tender”?

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Once again, this time on the Galt’s Gulch Online message board, my conservative comrades displayed a disappointing though predictable ignor...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

A Partial Index of Ideas within this Blog

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I write about whatever interests me.  Below is a representative sample from the 454 previous posts. Language and Thought Art as Orde...