West Point
West Point getting woke
Jeff LPH 3 sent me this story. Following alumni accusations this summer of racist treatment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, cadets, staff and the head of a new advisory group highlighted efforts to foster “character growth” among cadets there. Those initiatives have included a focus on racially based incidents, in […]
The NFL… And AWAAAY We Go!
We posted recently about the NFL wading into the political controversy surrounding people killed by police. My premise was that it was a slippery slope. You are handing control over someone’s stance, or perceived lack thereof, to outside forces and it can only go badly. One case was with Pittsburgh offensive tackle Al Villanueva, who […]
Lest We Forget….
In 2011, the Atlantic published a group of photos from the events of Sept. 11, 2001. They need no explanation. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/911-the-day-of-the-attacks/100143/ National Geographic’s photo story was published in 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/09/september-11-pictures-remembrance/ From Scientific American, the real reason the upper floors of the Twin Towers pancaked straight downward on top of those floors below. The lack of understanding […]
A Different Kind Of Stolen Valor
Photo by Rocklin Lyons Here’s a guest post from our very own Perry Gaskins. Perry was kind enough to school me a bit in copyrights, fair use, and protection of original expressions. I really appreciated that, and I try to walk with the angels in my posts. I can count on Perry to smack me […]
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