This didn’t end the way I intended when I started

Contents:

1. The question
2. Why would I even consider this question?
3. What are the arguments for…

Sunday, February 25, 1996 stands out as one of the worst days of my army career. My battle buddy, Matt, and I had been assigned to KP (“kitchen patrol”) in the dining facility. Even absent the fact that I drew quite possibly the worst job in all of Georgia, Sunday is the worst day to…

Flying home from my 25-year reunion, I wrote the first part of this. When I returned home, I did some basic internet research to fact-check myself.

Although I had graduated after the Fall semester, MIT gave me the opportunity receive my degree with…

I am in the process of writing up my notes from basic training over 20 years ago. I am only a couple of weeks in, but this day is burned into my memory. I’m sure many vets would agree.

After a 0430 first call, PT, and breakfast, we loaded into “cattle cars” — the same or…

(Draft — feedback welcome)

1. Any ideology taken to the extreme is bad. The optimum is somewhere in the middle, and it is a moving target, in both time and space. Vacillating between the extremes is likely to miss the optimum policy in the middle…