Sunday, September 30, 2018

Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers

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Arguably Heinlein’s last juvenile novel, the story is a shoot-‘em-up. I got lost in the jargon of military organization. I accepted at face...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

The Market is Always Right – About the Market

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“Employee Salaries versus Contributions to Society” was a recent poll of 1013 people conducted by CreditLoan dot Com. The survey was not ri...
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Sunday, September 9, 2018

On Saluting the Flag

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When I leave home for drill, I am in uniform. I salute the flag when I step outdoors to load my vehicle; and I salute it again before I get...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Captain America: the original is still the best

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We watched  Captain America: The First Avenger  the other night. It was my fourth viewing. Yesterday, I brought home  Winter Soldier , whic...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Hurricane Harvey

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One year ago today, I was into my seventh of 23 straight 12-hour days. I served as the WebEOC communications desk for the Texas State Guard ...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

A Critic Meets the Military

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Write about what you know. Every student of journalism, fiction, or poetry hears that from our teachers. Carol Burke was already a professor...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Dining Out Ceremony

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The Officer Candidate School of the Texas State Guard held a reunion dinner for all classes 2001-2017, last Saturday night, August 18. I wa...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

The Wizard of Oz and the Anti-Intellectual Tradition

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“Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through the slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from we have univers...
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Friday, August 10, 2018

Armadillocon 40, Part 1

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Once again, we had a great time at Austin’s very literary science fiction convention. They have no filkfest singing, no television stars as...
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