The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent virus threat and have therefore raised their threat level from “Miffed” to “Peeved”. Soon though, that level may be elevated to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English haven’t…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Famous Un-Common People I Have Known, Jefe
(Note: I wrote this a few days ago under the assumption Jefe was no longer able to correspond and eve have passed away. He wrote me yesterday from Hawaii he was just fine, Thank you, and to correct a couple…
The Deep State, Where a Different Type of Natural Laws Apply
If you want a sense of “deep state history”, read the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in all six volumes, written by Edward Gibbon in the 1780s. I have the one-volume condensed version, and in just reading that,…
Donald Trump is “Trying to Save America”
Edmund Burke wrote ““People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.” Today I read that Donald Trump is “saving America”. It’s not uncommon comment on Twitter and Facebook. With that backward glance that Burke just…
Famous Common Places I Have Known, Ma Martin’s on North Lime
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…