Category Archives: history

Not America’s Finest Hour

Posted on May 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Bay of Pigs Invasion While writing, yesterday, about Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash in 1961, I started wondering about the US failed attempt to invade Cuba and remove Fidel Castro from the world stage. It was an embarrassing diplomatic fiasco. … Continue reading →

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The Man I Admired Most as a Child

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Dag Hammarskjöld (Jul 29, 1905 – Sep 18, 1961) His name came up in our Faith and Science Zoom meeting today. Only those of us Baby Boomers will remember him clearly. Against all odds he was a Christian mystic from … Continue reading →

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One Match Lit a Regime Change in 1963

Posted on May 3, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Heart of Thích Quảng Đức When it comes to dying for a cause, this Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk set the standard for others to follow. He set himself on fire to protest the treatment of Buddhists in South Vietnam. … Continue reading →

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Oil Bet You Already Know This…

Posted on April 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Men who Made America Great Then This is probably old hat to conspiracy theorists. The American Dream is that any old schmuck can grow up to be President of the United States. But only if you’re backed by the … Continue reading →

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Was Trump Right about Hillary?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Hillary Rodham Clinton (October 26, 1947) The previous post about JFK Jr has brought my attention back to the way the world views Mrs. Clinton: on the left, she s a shining icon of feminist yearnings for the top political … Continue reading →

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The “Once and Future King”

Posted on April 26, 2020 by cdsmiller17

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr (Nov 25, 1960 – Jul 16, 1999) Can you imagine losing your father 3 days before your 3rd birthday? What a legacy! There’s no doubting the accuracy of this birth time: when your father was elected … Continue reading →

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Suffering Servant or Agent Provocateur?

Posted on April 22, 2020 by cdsmiller17

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. You may be surprised to see this quote from Isaiah 53:3a.  I know I was when I began to hear it every time I woke … Continue reading →

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The Legend of the Roman Founding Twins

Posted on April 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

April 21, 753 BCE @ 9:00 am local time As legend would have it, Romulus and Remus found Rome. (OK. That sounds just like something written in 1066 and All That. But you get what I mean.) Along the way, … Continue reading →

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Did the Skyfall Last August?

Posted on April 15, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Russia Suffered a Nuclear Accident… This might be consider ‘old news’ now, but it is still interesting to speculate as to what happened on August 8th, 2019: evidently, there was a missile accident, and the American news media decided it … Continue reading →

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Time, Times and Half a Time

Posted on April 13, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Answer is 42. We might not like our confinement to home, but it is allowing for a certain sense of irony. For years we have complained that the world is speeding up, that we don’t have enough time to … Continue reading →

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