(I originally posted the original in January, 2016. in part because I go back with Bill Cosby to the early 60s, when he putting out LP’s, which was about the same time I became acquainted with Groupies, when the Beatles…
Author: vassar
To Pause and Reflect, The Fourth of July
As I’ve noted before I was born and raised in a company town. Coal mining. And every July 4th the mines shut down and the town gathered at our school football stadium, where half the field was lined with stands…
Famous Common People I have Known: Gays in the Military, a Wartime Remembrance
“Policies Concerning Homosexuals” have changed since I was an Army defense lawyer in the closing years of the Vietnam War. “Being boarded out” was a large part of my defense work. I’d be interested to know how attitudes stand up…



