Civility Trumped by Partisanship in Shutdown

DC Politics Trump United States

            New Orleans      In the US, we’ve had governmental shutdowns over recent years from time to time.  Most of them have been relatively short.  Services were disrupted.  Federal workers were furloughed.  When it was over, they received their back pay, and things went back to normal.  During the interim, the government often maintained crucial …

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Military Secrets

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            Chicago           Waiting for a plane, I happened to sit next to someone who liked my hat.  It turned out he was a 16-year Marine veteran with the Corps symbol on one arm and a sleeve from wrist to shoulder on the other.  He had been a combat photographer, but was now in the public …

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