Help Wanted: Mercenary by Leonard Benton After the terrorist attack in Paris, fellow writer Pablo James told you how to join the French Foreign Legion if you really wanted to get into the fight. But there are some difficulties with that. You have to learn French for one thing. And it is a sincere commitment: The Legion doesn’t play. However, if you don’t want to … [Read more...]
US Policy in the Western Hemisphere: a “Hole of Government” Approach
US Policy in the Western Hemisphere: a Hole of Government Approach by LogCinco Since the 1980s, the Government of the United States of America has been asleep at the switch. Not everyone, of course: there are thousands of dedicated professionals at the Department of State, the FBI, DEA, USAID and the DoD who have dedicated their lives to maintaining and improving … [Read more...]
Redemption: 14 years and 1 Suicide Attempt Later
From within a luxury seaside villa I swallowed them all. I hit send on my phone and I closed my eyes. After that amount of VA candy, it’s a miracle I am still alive. I often ponder what made me wake up and decide it was all over. Had I decided later in the day, after a few drinks, like most days, I would be dead right now. Alcohol significantly increases the toxicity levels of … [Read more...]
The Ugly American
I have traveled to over three dozen countries in my life as both a tourist and on business and generally speaking, the ugly American is a myth. Certainly I have seen some bad behavior from some countrymen including one memorable incident at Napoleon’s Tome in Paris but we are nothing compared to the obnoxiously dressed German tourists I saw on the beach in Italy, the rude … [Read more...]
