Wednesday is the fiftieth anniversary of the “March on Washington”, (actually, The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, but we tend to abbreviate over time), and therefore the fiftieth anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech, (the actual transcript of which, we now know, did not contain that…
I’m thinking, that buried deep in our DNA, (probably descended from Cain), is a universal, overpowering urge of denial in the face of undeniable complicity. (Cain was somewhat indirect with his “brother’s keeper” bullshit, but, “who me” would probably have been un-biblical). There doesn’t seem to be a learning curve…
I’m just going to believe the majority of the reported profiles of Eddie Snowden, that he was one smart cookie. I’m going to assume that his job required some pretty thorough background checks, some sort of psych evaluation and some years of loyal experience to achieve the level of clearance…
My family was one of the first on the block to get a TV. In the Fall of 1950, my Uncle Herb, (a tinkerer/inventor who had a jukebox/TV repair service), lugged a huge, wooden box, full of tubes and wires, with four small knobs, a large tuning dial, a fluted…