Rick Wilson’s really poor affectation of hillbilly mannerisms and slang put me in mind of one of my fondest memories of my college days, a bar on the other side of Lexington, Kentucky where I went to university, 1964-1971, before…
Category: Race and Culture
Putting the “SERVICE” Back into Public Service
A favorite subject of mine (from a 2011 series, The History of Government Employment, Part IV), “service” is an important theme in an important election year, which could, if we do things right, dictate the course of America for the next 30…
“Those Desert Loving English”
It’s been my good fortune to know several Middle Eastern over there. And not a one of them were in government or diplomatic service. Some were traders from Beirut, Sunnis who set up shops in the sprouting Turkish malls in…