Why aren’t the Amish criticized by liberals despite being hyper conservative while the Catholics and Evangelicals are heavily attacked?
In 2006 a man entered an Amish school and took the young girls, 6-13, hostage. He sent away the boys and older girls. When the police arrived he…
Why did sergeants avoid becoming officers in Vietnam?
I worked with an Army E-7. One day while visiting him in his office, I noticed photos of him wearing various Officer ranks up to and including O-4…
Why do people still believe that tariffs are good for America?
I was in a meeting last week with 4 of my engineering functional managers. These are intelligent, educated men who can do math. They started talking about the…
Why did flat feet keep people from being drafted during Vietnam?
I avoided the draft by – – enlisting. After I was in the service an Army doctor informed me during a routine physical that I had “pes planus”…
Why didn’t Japan shoot down the US plane carrying the second atomic bomb for Nagasaki even after what happened at Hiroshima?
They couldn’t. As others answers note, by this point in the war, Japan was low on fuel, planes, and pilots. This means they had to be judicious with…
What ever happened to the officer that ignored the warning report of the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor?
That officer was Kermit Tyler. He received the report of aircraft approaching Pearl Harbor and told the privates reporting the radar images not to worry. To familiarize pursuit…
Why did Walmart prices suddenly go up? I thought they were big enough to eat the tariffs for years.
The price on all imported goods should have gone up immediately after the Tantrum of the Opera imposed the tariffs. However, big retailers like Walmart have warehouses all…
Why do liberals not want to hear a Republican’s point of view?
My sister is a MAGA and nothing will change her mind, not even facts. The other day she told me that trump and the republicans passed laws that…
Is it true that Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew compartment had extremely disturbing contents when the US Navy finally recovered it from the ocean?
I was working with NASA and was at a meeting at Johnson Space Center in the 1987. I met an engineer who took me on a tour of…
Is Karoline Leavitt more of a good or a bad person, objectively speaking?
Bad. She doesn’t have to work. She’s the pretty wife of one of Trump’s friends and Big Donors. Her husband is thirty years older and rich. She lies…