Podcast: History on Trial: Tokyo Rose 1 and 2 —See this month’s blog post as well Twiv ie This week in Virology # 1164—they lament the...

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Honoring RK. My favorite teacher from high school who, in time, became a friend, died this Fall. RK was in his early 90’s. Some thoughts...

The election has not left me much to chuckle about but a commentary  from the Washington Post delivered: The reason why Harris lost this...

Biden's 'leadership' is blowing the lid off two wars—-from this source: The Quincy Institute states that it is a nonprofit research...

Trust. The election is coming. The news is full of contradictory information. I get emails citing incredible events daily—one included a...

How To Start a War,  by Trapani This book carefully navigates how the Nazi’s came to power. It is well written and the author takes pains...

News source : JOLT (Journal of Olympia Lacey Tumwater) is a free on-line local news service that shows the Daily Olympian up!  Try it out...

Shows: Wyatt Earp on  Netflix—dramatized documentary was better than expected Pachinko on Apple-This book is often raised as one of the...

Rapa Nui! I THOUGHT THIS COVER WAS A PARODY. I GOOGLED THE AUTHOR--YOU SHOULD TOO!

NYT:this should open even without a subscription:     https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/well/patients-dnr-orders-ignored.html?smid=em-sh...

In a bulleted format: From Twiv (this week in virology), recorded 5/31/2024 Researcher Judith Bruchfeld, a researcher in Sweden is...

Interesting articles: South Carolina cops target out-of-state drivers for highway robbery https://reason.com/2024/08/06/south-carolina-co...

Our First Civil War by H.W. Brands I purchased this book thinking it would give community level examples of how the war for independence...

Years ago, a talented oncology nurse found herself in a new town with a five year old child with another on the way. When looking for...

Orwell’s Cough, by John Ross This book offers a series of social histories and biographies with an emphasis on specific medical maladies...

My “thesis” at Santa Cruz was an experiment on two unfortunate cats trying to demonstrate that a memory is easier to recall when under...