“I see you have studied the works of Camillo Agrippa. Have you always used the rapier?” “Ummm… I don’t know anything about “Camino A Grip A”. Is that a street in San Juan Capistrano?” “No. It is a school of Italian sword fighting from the sixteenth century. I noticed you were shadow fencing here at the...
“Washington, Nov. 12, 2022. Republican voters took back the House and Senate, showing their displeasure with the Biden Administration’s speed at eradicating the Corona Virus.” Expect that headline from most news outlets next November. This week we saw a dress rehearsal of it from the BBC: “Hundreds of Cubans take to the streets to protest...
Okay, my fellow Americans… let’s cut the crap. I have used this blog before to pontificate on political philosophy, point out inane aspects of gun control, occasionally wrap myself in our flag, and sometimes parody the idiocy that seems to manifest around us all too frequently. This time I am going to be far more direct. The...
July the Fourth, Two Thousand Twenty One Each year that I write this blog I get excited about the Fourth of July. Knowing the blog is published on a Wednesday, I typically check the calendar around the beginning of June to see what day the Fourth falls on that year. Six times a decade I...
Howdy ya’ll! The United States has always had a love for archetype characters. They serve as national models for emulation. While the histories surrounding these individuals and groups may be a bit sanitized or exaggerated, depending upon the needs of the audience, their ultimate purpose is to serve as guides both for our youth, as...
Enlightenment is not always a positive experience. As we search for meaning in our universe, sometimes the very thing we seek turns out to be the greatest curse when we finally grasp it. This first happened to me in law school back in 1992. I entered the legal field essentially devoid of any understanding...
Once again, my Third Amendment Rights are being violated. Cadet Lieberman has returned from West Point for a brief stay this week, and we have, as you can imagine, taken every moment possible to spend time with her. Tonight (for those of you reading this on the publication date of June 16) Chaney has decided to...
West Point is a fort. Literally. It served as a military base along a strategic point near the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. During that time General Benedict Arnold was in command of the garrison, which would lead to the ultimate betrayal of his comrades. Fortunately, his actions did not result in the...
“Lamenting lemmings swam they on, from sea to surf with death to spawn…” This was the opening line of a poem penned in 1987 by a collection of Jungle Cruise skippers at Disneyland. Each of us would contribute a couple of lines before going on break; by the end of the night the poem spanned...
Canaries in coal mines are an interesting thing. Depending on your perspective, the presence of the canary perched in her cage in the deep bowels of the underground might tell you if there is too much carbon monoxide present for you to continue your labor. It might also suggest the relative lack of value...
