by Bob | Jun 25, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
Today is the 144th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or as the winners call it, the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Not so familiar are the names of the commanders on the other side who overwhelmed and massacred Custer and his portion of the Seventh...
by Bob | Jun 13, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
As I write this, the class of 2020 is marching single-file, social distanced, onto the Plain at West Point where their chairs are set far enough apart per requirement. There are no families or friends in the stands around the parade field they’ve spent four years...
by Bob | Jun 12, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
Numbers are spiking in 21 states—reported numbers, which in many of those states is far below the real numbers. Most of the states are red and downplaying the pandemic in accordance with what their supreme commander desires. There’s even going to be a rally in OK....
by Bob | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
It was a good day, even while many, including my father, were still fighting in the Pacific Theater. Many historians have traced the origins of World War II. Most point to the awful peace treaty after the end of the First World War, which was the Great War, until...
by Bob | Apr 25, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
Someone asked me if I was incensed when I saw that Trump had ordered the Academy to hold graduation so he could speak. Actually, I kind of shrugged when I saw the news. BTW– there’s Ronald Reagan at my graduation, which was his first public appearance...
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