Author Archives: cdsmiller17
Confiding in a Stranger
It happens like this… You’re standing in a queue and the person standing in front of you, suddenly turns around and says something/anything to you. You start a conversation with them, and before you know it, you’re telling them your … Continue reading
Win the Battle, Lose the War
Pyrrhic Victory The Battle of Asculum [5] took place in 279 BC between the Roman Republic under the command of the consuls Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio and the forces of king Pyrrhus of Epirus. (Wikipedia) It is … Continue reading
Reincarnation: Why Can’t We Remember?
Hell is a State of Mind Imagine, if you will, being born back into the world after a violent death in your previous life. If it had been an accident, you probably blamed yourself for your misstep. But what if … Continue reading
A Return to the Scene of the Crime
The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe Reading this book is like watching Oliver Stone’s JFK. There were just so many people with axes to grind in 1962 that it seems that MM died as a result of too many ‘irons’ in … Continue reading
Live by the Sword; Die by the Sword
Momo This may be the truth, this may be a lie: but someone is responsible for the deaths of the powerful and famous in the 1960’s. Could it really have been Sam Giancana all along?
“I’d Rather Be Dead in a Ditch”
Boris Johnson I know that I’ve said this many times before, but, be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. When asked, yesterday, about requesting a further delay of Brexit of three more months, Johnson uttered the … Continue reading
Hong Kong: Too Little, Too Late?
Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong It isn’t hard to imagine that Beijing is pulling the strings of their puppet in Hong Kong. But it gets a little bit troubling that a British/Chinese agreement that was supposed to run … Continue reading
