The Congress is wrestling with a Bill About the Border. You might have heard about it. It is a big deal, and they may get around to telling us what is in it this week, right before they vote on it. We should just leave it at that, since the idea of Senators and Representatives […]

If you are only recently awake, we have the scene-setter for you about what is to come from the sky. You have been warned about scene-setting messages and large furry animals that serve as weather-guessers, and we are going to do it anyway. Punxsutawney Phil, a noted Groundhog, did not see his shadow this morning. […]

(The Honorable, or formerly Honorable based on government service and Current Crime Wave victim Mike Gill. Photo USG). Well here we are. We have beat the heck out of January and cast it aside. The clouds have parted with the dawn here at Big Pink, and there is some momentary clarity blazing bright white from […]

There has been more information coming out about the Pandemic lately, the most recent one. We have discovered that some of the policy decisions were based not on Science, but on Policy. Splash was muttering as the meeting lurched into Wednesday norms, the one where the themes of the week teeter on the balance point […]

Author’s Note: The Legal section was in more of an uproar than usual this morning. They approved the Disclaimer, then told us we had to run it. That apparently is how the Law works! – Vic “The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Socotra House Publications […]

(Image from USS Midway, CV-41, Cruisebook 1979-80. We thought we were going to war with Iran 45 years ago). The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Socotra House Publications and its various subsidiaries. So, the discussion was solemn this morning talking about the three Yanks killed […]

We have a shipmate who made the Mountain West the family home after retiring from the Service. We had been all over in the course of working in Asia, Europe and several smaller places.We have been working in both loose and direct contact since we met in 1981, so we share a fair amount of […]