The Lost Cause
The tragedy in Charlottesville and ensuing cacophony has inspired me to offer my perspective of the history involved. The monuments in...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 5, 20161 min read
Online discourse
I am being charitable in the term discourse. Recently I added a comment to a Youtube file, the audio of fire department radio...
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D. W. Wilma
Oct 10, 20161 min read
Complete Sentences
In the cacophony that is the presidential campaign I have not seen any discussion how candidate Trump seems unable to formulate complete...
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D. W. Wilma
Feb 1, 20162 min read
The American Revolution
We recently observed the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment, the ban on slavery. Slavery—involuntary servitude, bonded servitude,...
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D. W. Wilma
Dec 30, 20152 min read
Accountability
The continuing and tragedy of questionable police shootings has generated much noise and consumed many hours of cable TV news bandwidth....
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D. W. Wilma
Jul 15, 20151 min read
Monuments
The aftermath of the tragedy in Charleston has triggered a lively and not always civil discussion on the action in South Carolina to...
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D. W. Wilma
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Police Killings…
…or media-speak, “officer-involved shootings.” But these don’t include choking, taser, or blunt force trauma deaths. In any event, deaths...
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D. W. Wilma
May 23, 20141 min read
Bengazi Thing
Congressman Adam Schiff (D., California) has been named by minority leader Pelosi to participate in the most recent inquiry into the...
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D. W. Wilma
Apr 12, 20141 min read
Storm in the Desert
I note with some concern a series of stories about the Nevada rancher locked in a struggle with the U.S. Government over his payments for...
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D. W. Wilma
Mar 1, 20142 min read
Crimea and Czechoslovakia
The crisis in Ukraine over Crimea has launched news producers into warp drive to find analysts, commenters, commentators, talking heads,...
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D. W. Wilma
Feb 26, 20141 min read
I am experimenting with Twitter. I don’t have a particular need for tweeting, but I felt compelled to learn more after an emergency in...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 9, 20132 min read
Gun Debate
I am disappointed at the noise about the role of guns in the recent tragedies in Connecticut, Colorado, and here in Seattle. I am one...
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D. W. Wilma
May 4, 20111 min read
Justice?
The recent demise of Osama Bin Laden has caused many to declare that justice has been done. Even the president says this. Calling the...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 12, 20112 min read
Silliness Within the Sadness
The recent tragedy in Tucson didn’t bring an end to the silliness that has inspired my posts recently. First the Sheriff of Pima County...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 6, 20112 min read
Captain – Not
More silliness. Although I will grant the U.S. Navy absolute discretion in who they appoint as captains of their warships I wonder if the...
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D. W. Wilma
Dec 23, 201010 min read
Another video lynching
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Oscar Grant at the hands of a Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman on New Year’s 2009, Officer...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 14, 20102 min read
Deficit cutting
What a boring topic amid a week of news about presidential trips abroad, the GOP taking over the House, and, as always, the pundits...
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