Three prisoners staged an act of political theater at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. No, wait a minute. I am using the wrong words. Three Detainees were driven mad by abuse and were forced to take their own lives by the inhuman and illegal prison managed by the U.S. government on sovereign Cuban soil. […]

It was a curious coincidence. I was going to a funeral on my birthday. CAPT William Hatch had passed away on the on the 6th of June, the sixty-second anniversary of the landings at Normandy. When he died, he was the oldest living naval intelligence officer. I did not know him personally, but I edit […]

It did not occur to me at first, my brain not working until sufficient caffeine is placed piping-hot into my bloodstream. It was about the hundred and twenty-third minute of the waking morning that it dawned on me that this is a day of special significance for Socotra Enterprises. It is five years since I […]

I get letters from the Veteran’s Administration, which is nothing unusual. Millions of former service people do. Every couple years I hear about the status of my claim. I saw a doctor last year to clarify a written statement I made the year before that, and expect they will notify me of a decision, maybe […]

The editors of the New York Times must be disappointed today. They ran another lead story about an intelligence failure. They like to do that, keep our attention on the bobbles and set-backs so we lose our confidence and question our way. The lead  story was about the CIA-funded operation run out of the Station […]

Number of the Beast It is D-Day. There is far more reason to celebrate today than there is to cower below the bed. The celebration should be real, a tribute to men brave and not brave, who crossed the English Channel in small boats and climbed the sand dunes and began the long walk east […]

Unintended Consequences I was watching “60 minutes” last night, which is an unusual occurrence, an unintended consequence of the transition to the summer season. I emerged from the pool a few minutes before closing and padded across the deck with my towel. I said goodnight to Igor, the lifeguard, who looked a bit tired. It […]

Stop me if you have heard this one- this guy walks into a bar, and sits down and wonders what the hell he did with his life. He has a couple drinks, scanning the door for a business associate who doesn’t show up. It is the closest bar to the Pentagon, get it? Most of […]

The Question You Ask We had been at Lincoln Field, the home of the National Football League Eagles. It is located in the sports complex that sprawls below South Philly. It was on the cusp of he season, a fine May day that preasged the heat of the summer to come. There were no beer […]

I was in motion, on foot and by train. I was not paying much attention to Barry Bonds and his quest to pass Babe Ruth on the home run list. I was pointedly not thinking about the reason the long holiday weekend had been created.  I decided to reserve my thoughts for the Lost and […]