Dwight Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. After the war he became the 34 th President of the United States (1953 – 1961). His words are especially relevant in today’s political climate: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or our democratic process. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” Apparently the citizenry has been neither alert nor knowledgeable. The Pentagon has called “unnecessary and unaffordable” the following five projects in Ohio alo...
My alarm clock goes off every morning at eight, except for the few times when I have a breakfast date. Usually I wake up about an hour before that, or at least I partly wake up. It is important that I remain in a “not quite awake but not quite asleep” state, because I consider that time as the germination period for whatever seeds happen to have blown into my head.