New Orleans        The Vietnam War forged my future every bit as much as it did for soldiers on both sides of the rice patties, not because I was risking death, but I because I was seeking to understand the course of my life.  I was forced to decide where I really stood on …

            New Orleans       No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to not read way too many of the stories about Trump’s Folly, the US and Israel attack on Iran.  I fool myself, as I read, thinking I can figure out what the frick they think they are doing, and how this will …

            Pearl River      Using some set of rationales, Trump, the trigger-happy, has ordered the military to join with Israel in bombing the bejesus out of Iran.  The New York Times editorialists have been pleading for Trump to provide some reason behind why we would be going to war with Iran.  That call was answered by …