The original idea for an American airborne came from Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1918. His commander, Gen. Pershing agreed, but once the WWI Armistice was signed, the plan was terminated. In the late 1920’s, Germany began training parachute units and… Read More ›
Month: June 2024
Credit card debt is soaring, especially in these cities | DC News Now
(NEXSTAR) – Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at a level not seen in more than a decade amid high interest rates and persistent inflation, but some cities have far higher average debts than others, a study found. Four of the… Read More ›
Smitty: Everett A. Smith
The next posts will be a re-play of Smitty’s bio and letters home to his mother on Broad Channel, NY. We have quite a number of new readers who are unfamiliar with Smitty. I hope none of my long-time readers… Read More ›
Important Update
I must apologize, but I will not be able to post anything for at least a few weeks. Some important matters demand my attention outside of the Blog. These matters have to be attended to at this time. All I… Read More ›
Abundant theological niceties: power, substance, and form in Marx’s theory of value (audio)
A summary of Marx’s theory of value presented in Part 1 of Capital. Abundant theological niceties: power, substance, and form in Marx’s theory of value (audio)
Libertarians Learned Nothing From Milei… | Zer0 H0urs
I wrote a piece called Are American Libertarians Growing Balls? – Zer0 H0urs (wordpress.com) in January because I was beginning to the think Milei’s cavalier attitude was rubbing off on him. The verdict is not yet out on Milei—he won and there’s lessons to… Read More ›