I’ve been following the sad story of 67-year-old John McAfee, who is, at this moment, in a Guatemalan jail. A story posted on the net a few hours ago says, “Software guru John McAfee wants to return to US.” I feel for…
So What?
I like to surf the online versions of newspapers around the world. The opinions and ideas I encounter offer interesting alternatives to those domestically produced. This morning I came across an OpEd piece in The Khaleej Times. It enjoys respect, in its…
You Can Walk Away. Just Pay $1,000 Cash
You’ll understand this post better if you first read the two other articles in this series. Busted for Possession You Might Need a Friend, Someday Late one afternoon, mid-Fall of 1968, shortly after I turned 35-years-old, as I was visiting…
You Might Need a Friend Someday
The previous post left you with a mystery. What was the connection between illegal spying by the Chicago Police Department during the 1968 Democratic National Convention and my walking away from an extortion attempt backed by the threat of 10 years in…
Busted For Possession
Do you remember 1968? Chicago? That wild democratic Convention? Yuppies? “The Whole World is Watching?” I wonder how many of you think that chant originated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Unh-unh. It echoed off the walls of the Michigan Avenue hotels…
Harry Truman Speaks.
Harry Truman, campaigning more than 60 years ago, said, I will win this election and make those Republicans like it… We will do that because they are wrong and we are right… [T]he people know the Democratic Party is the…