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Lenin, Stalin & Memorial Day in the USA
It’s Memorial Day in the USA and I just had the extreme pleasure of being on the sidewalk waving and clapping at our annual neighborhood Memorial Day Parade with close friends of ours and their neighbors and everyone’s pet dogs. Fire trucks from the surrounding six suburbs, Police cars as well, local politicians, marching bands,… Read more
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1: School Superintendent Dr. Robert McBride
Join us for an hour with the fascinating and brilliant Dr. Robert McBride, superintendent of Lockport Schools, for a discussion on education, leadership, and how to teach kids despite a Covid pandemic. 2 – Guest bio 3 – Timestamps: *[00:40] Intro *[01:40] Interest in Education; Oak Park & River Forest High School, Northwestern undergraduate English/Writing,… Read more
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A Memoir?
It seems egotistical and obnoxious, writing your own memoir. And a self-portrait on the cover?!? C’mon, really? Reasonable as those sentiments may be, and believe me I’ve experienced them over this, there are reasons behind the project which I hope will expiate me. The project was borne out of necessity, and from there it evolved. At first I… Read more
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The Internet as the globe’s psyche
The invention of the internet is something as profound for humanity as Prometheus’ discovery of fire, and over time will be just as transformative. It’s a worldwide neural network, a communal brain for the globe, and more importantly a psyche for the entire globe. What is that? what exactly is a “psyche” and how could… Read more
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Failure in Afghanistan
What just happened? How did it happen so fast? What did we do wrong? I’ll tell you what we did wrong, we didn’t think it through: You don’t get to leave; unless you lose. That should have been obvious from the start. Post WW-II we’re still in Italy, Germany, Japan; post Korea we’re still in… Read more
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When Lilacs Bloom
When Lilacs Bloom If Death does come it will be too soon. “Wait! Until the lilacs bloom! And those flowers in the vase beside the door For whom I had not time enough, before.” If Death does come it will be too fast Opportunities all gone past Like toddlers grown, or children gone, Or laughter’s… Read more
