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The Washington Post has an editorial this morning: Genocide, Continued The resolution is said to have the support of most members of the Security Council. It was developed in consultation with France, which initially tried to minimize the proposed number of troops but then accepted the Anglo-American position. China, which bends over backward not to…

I am referring, of course, to the Yanks completing a five game sweep of Boston in Fenway this afternoon. They just eked it out, 2-1. The original (baseball) Boston Massacre occurred in 1978 and you can read about it here.New York Yankees : News : New York Yankees News But that was a four game…

I read about this book in a "Five Best books about…" list in the Wall Street Journal and got it (second hand) off Amazon less than a month ago. It is an outstanding one volume work on the Confederate ill-fated "invasion" of Pennsylvania, culminating in the decisive Battle at Gettysburg, on July 1-3, 1863.  Once…

That’s the house belonging to one of the original feminist suffragete’s. The woman on the one dollar coin. It was purchased by a friend of mine, Carol Crossed, the original director of the Seamless Garment Network (now known as Consistent Life). It’s a bit of a coup for Feminists for Life of America. See here…

I put camping in quotation marks because lots of people wouldn’t consider staying in a campground to be true camping. Anyway, that’s what we did for three nights, 20 minutes outside (just south) of Hershey. We returned to Croton late yesterday. We had an excellent time. The campsite was nice, and here’s our tent, along…

Just got in tonight. We had a really good time – camped for three days just south of Hershey. Saw this sign outside a United Methodist Church in Hershey: Want to Avoid Burning?     Use "Son" Block

We are going to Hershey PA. Driving out this morning and will be camping there until either Friday or Saturday. The trip was just hatched in the last week and basically was motivated by my desire to re-visit Gettysburg (prompted by the current book I am reading by Stephen Sears, entitled Gettysburg). However – no…

Joe finished his HAP (High Achievement Progam) five week summer stint at Fordham Prep today. As I previously mentioned, this was a program for boys entering the eighth grade, with academics in the morning and sports in the afternoon. They had a very nice graduation ceremony this morning. The  240 boys were in fifteen groups…

That’s right. I’m 48 again. As always, the rule of thumb is to “subtract seven years”. So while chronologically I may have been born in 1951, I am 48. We had a nice little outdoor breakfast, with Tim brewing tea, and taking this picture. Note the straws with parasols, a Tim innovation. And here I…

This is from my friend Thea MaGinnis