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We Three Kings of Orient Are

Christmas is here. The sacred and the secular mix in a swirling stew. Everyone has an angle, don’t you know?

The Bitcoin Proposition

To paraphrase Shakespeare – “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, American Citizen & Taxpayer, than are dreamt of in your Philosophy.” Open your eyes and see the future!!

Esther & the King

Cinderella behind the scenes. A plunge into the history of the Middle East through the eyes of Herodotus, Ctesias, and the Book of Esther – with a nod to Rodgers and Hammerstein

In Search of Moonbeams and Unicorn Breath

It is getting increasingly difficult to separate reality from make believe. We have been seduced, not that we put up much of a fight. But the sweet nothings our lover whispers into our ear get increasingly hard to believe.

The Big Horn Debacle

George Custer had a lot in common with many project managers I have worked for.

Science & the First Energy Crisis

The United States is about free enterprise until it isn’t. But the free market works anyway.

A Virgin Will be with Child

In times of trouble we seek a sign from God. There was a man who refused to seek a sign from God.

Love & the New York Times

American values & the New York Times – Is that an oxymoron?

A Saturday Spent Walking on Marye’s Heights

One way to understand Washington DC is to visit Marye’s Heights

Hunting Unicorns

Building pipelines isn’t just splashing through mud holes on the right of way in your jeep. You get to hunt unicorns too.

Current Events

Trump Impeachment –...

The signs point toward impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump in 2019. Adorable America has been wanting to do it since that early 2016 November morning when they realized the election wasn’t just a bad dream.