The fog of war is a very real thing. Not only are accurate information and assessments of the status and performance of one’s own forces difficult to gather and maintain, gathering the same about one’s opponent is even more difficult, maybe exponentially so. Add to that the understandable and expected, almost imperative, desire to deceive […]
The Curtis Clearing, as it is called, is not one clearing but two or more clearings in the Adirondack Forest Preserve in the far west reaches of the Town of Johnsburg, New York. Likely established around the time of the Civil War, the Curtis Clearing got its name from two home sites built about a […]
Musk’s back story, which to some just seems like ancient history, is worth reviewing, if just a little. I have written before about Tesla the investment and Elon Musk the man multiple time before and to keep from being repetitive I’ll just link to those. Investing in Tesla, and Rivian – Missives to the Abyss […]
Like many at home and abroad I heard of the argument or “blow-up,” or whatever other word you want to use, between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump, and to a lesser extent Vice-President JD Vance, in the Oval Office a few days ago. I watched snippets of it afterward and then watched […]
The news has been filled with stories about the Trump Administration’s plans to bring about President Trump’s long stated goal of peace between Russia and Ukraine in recent weeks. In my opinion, as someone who is a firm supporter of Ukraine in defending themselves against Russia’s aggression, a lot of these stories all on all […]
As part of a large family history project I’m working on I’ve been reading a work copywritten in 1847 called “The Mysteries and Miseries of New York: A Story of Real Life,” by Edward Z.C. Judson, who worked under the pen name Ned Buntline. Buntline was in his time an extremely popular and prodigious writer. […]
I was at my local YMCA on the exercise bike doing what I can to keep my heart healthy when I heard a number of older gentlemen near me talking about the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. These men, and sometimes a few women, come often to the Y and banter while they exercise. […]
I had been wanting to visit Ukraine since soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Due to a number of circumstances, I was not able to go, and then for only a little over a week, until late December of 2024. I would have certainly liked to stay longer but with work obligations […]
In this day and age where everyone has their own particularized news feed, it is nearly impossible to discern what the prevailing wisdom is, or even more so what the mass of us are being fed as far as what the prevailing wisdom is. With that caveat, it seems to me at least that Elon […]
My Dad, John Boeman, passed away in the summer of 1998. My Mom found him that Sunday morning at his computer at his desk in his tiny office tucked away in the corner of the basement. He had had a massive stroke. I don’t know what specifically he was working on, but chances are pretty […]