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Mar.16.2013
It's the tenth anniversary of "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Where we were and what we were doing as the momentum to war built and built is burned into our memories. Here's my story. I love this country. Some people seem to think they have an exclusive on loving America, but I’ve got news for them:...
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Feb.25.2013
(This is the second half of an excerpt from the new final chapter in the 2013 Kindle edition of my 2004 memoir, DEATH IN SLOW MOTION. Part 1 can be seen here.) Postscript: The Mystery of Room 157 At the end of April following the winter of the escaped tiger, crashing trees and power outages, my...
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Feb.19.2013
(This is an excerpt from the new final chapter in the 2013 Kindle edition of my 2004 memoir, DEATH IN SLOW MOTION) Winter, 2008: I’m driving a stolen car. Not technically stolen, but it feels stolen. My guilty conscience clatters along everywhere I go in the car, like the tin cans and old shoes...