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‘It is required of a man that he share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.” In the blog that follows I hope to live up to those words from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. This quote always appeared on my father's editorial page.

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The known and unknown costs of Afghanistan

Posted on September 5, 2021September 11, 2021

We’ve heard many of the numbers. But what isn’t quantified may be more important. Some of the raw numbers The war lasted 7,262 days, according to The Conversation.com, a great daily news website. It cost the lives of 2,455 U.S. service members and tens of thousands of civilians. And the price tag to American taxpayers […]

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This blog will contain memories of growing up in rural America, observations about today and excerpts from some of my father's books.

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