Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Confiscation: Gold as Contraband

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Confiscation: Gold as Contraband 1933-1974  by Kenneth R. Ferguson was a pleasure to read. Ferguson writes well. I met Ken Ferguson in pers...
Monday, April 9, 2018

Soldiers of Peace

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The military teaches the way of peace, said Paul K. Chappell, because they praise in public and reprimand in private. I heard Paul K. Chapp...
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Aaron Feldman:"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin"

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BUY THE BOOK BEFORE THE COIN headlined an advertisement in the March 1966 issue of The Numismatist. Aaron R. Feldman offered 25 titles, so...
Friday, April 6, 2018

A Few Good Men: A Few Deep Flaws

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Nominated for both an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ("Oscar") and a Hollywood Foreign Press Association (“Gol...
Monday, April 2, 2018

JAG: 10 Seasons of Military Bearing

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Last week, Laurel and I viewed the final episode of the final season of the television series JAG . It took us about a year to work through...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Plato and Aristotle; Gates and Jobs

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A picture is worth a thousand words . Previously on Necessary Facts Joy Hakim's "Aristotle Leads the Way"   Sc...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Gen. McChrystal’s Share of the Task

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Unlike his operational handbook, Team of Teams , this book is an autobiographical review of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s tours of duty as the ...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

A Numismatic History of World War II

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You can find Japanese Invasion Money, Allied Occupation Currency, and American Military Payment Certificates at almost any coin store or lo...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

President Trump to Meet Chairman Kim Jong-un

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Donald Trump likely thinks of himself as a cut-throat negotiator, but Kim Jong-un has killed family members. We often do not grasp imme...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Senator Thomas Hart Benton

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After thirty years as Missouri’s U.S. Senator, Thomas Hart Benton’s fall from power was immediate and complete. His loyalty to his values m...