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The American Political Class, God help me….

vassar - August 7, 2020 0

God help me... ...but every time I see a GOP member of the political class, with a few exceptions (Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Jim Jordan...just a handful) refuse to speak or take a position on...

Our System of Federalism and the Mess it Sometimes Creates

vassar - July 22, 2020 0

The notion of federalism is that the Constitution grants the states the leeway to set up their own laboratories about governing that do not conflict with the rights it guarantee to the People, (Art...

How Things Work

vassar - June 21, 2020 0

After spending 20 years learning how things worked on the upper floors of government (military) bureaucracy and Fortune 500 corporate management I spent another 20 years at the other end of the economic and...

The “Union” in United States; Thomas Jefferson “Out-Subtles” Napoleon

vassar - June 11, 2020 0

Every school kid knows, or at least used to be taught, about Thomas Jefferson's purchase of "Louisiana" from France for15 million dollars in 1803. That was $18 per sq sq mile or a little...

Letter from Archbishop Vingano to President Trump

vassar - June 8, 2020 0

Seems the Angels in Heaven are Gathering Dated: June 7, 2020 Holy Trinity Sunday Mr. President, In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the...

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Sad Mamas

vassar - February 9, 2023

Postscript I watched a gathering of parents and children at my YMCA gym for their weekly 2-hour session teaching young 5-6 year olds how to handle and shoot a basketball. About 20 kids, all races, each with a parent, mom or dad standing behind them,...

In The Can

A Harlan County, KY native, Vassar served as an Army criminal trial lawyer in Vietnam-era Asia. After his military career, he spent a number of years in corporate manufacturing management, in the textiles industry, where he crossed paths with a few too many new-generation Gordon Gekkkos and chose to move on to consulting work on behalf of "Con los pobres de la tierra quiero yo mi suerte echar", first in SE Asia, and then in the Soviet Bloc. Vassar dedicates the remainder of his life to committing his thoughts and observations to pen and paper.