Sunday, August 16, 2015

Julian Bond: 1940-2015

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Julian Bond was a smart, articulate, handsome leader of the American Civil Rights movement at a crucial juncture in our history. I was sadde...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Cuba: 1955 - 2015

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Watching the news this evening reminded me of the first time I saw Cuba. It was 1955, I was aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) for a training cruise - ...

An Old Saying About Deception Comes To Mind

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Fool me once, shame on you.    Fool me twice, shame on me.
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Is It Just Me? Or Is It Something I Said?

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In recent posts, I have raised the problem of missing records of closed sessions of the Town Board relating to South Avenue and Avenue A. ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Town Of Oriental Releases (Some) Records Of South Avenue Closed Meetings

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Last night, a special meeting of the Town of Oriental Board of Commissioners voted to release some of the records of closed meetings concern...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Town Of Oriental Can't Produce Requested Documents

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Interesting Town Board Meeting tonight.  Raised more questions than it answered. 1. Why was the Board in such a hurry that they appointed ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Republicans On Pamlico County Board Of Elections Abolish Three Voting Precincts

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Yesterday at the monthly meeting of Pamlico County's Board of Elections, the two Republican members of the Board voted to abolish three ...
Monday, July 13, 2015

The German Question

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It is becoming pretty clear that the most urgent question facing today's Europe is the German question. Paul Krugman sees Germany as k...