Many years ago, maybe 70, I was playing some LP’s of old British songs,  (Then, there were no CD’s or cassettes, and LP’s had just replaced 10” 78 rpm records), and I ran across one titled, “To Anacreon in Heaven.”  It had a catchy melody, and I did a bit of research, to see who […]

“My dear Colonel Dick.  I have long determined to make public the origin of the greenback, and tell the world it is Dick Taylor’s creation.  You have always been friendly to me, and when troublous times fell upon us, and on my shoulders, though broad and willing, were weak, and myself surrounded by such circumstances […]

We celebrated Memorial Day last week, and I hope you flew your flag.  WW I, was to be, “The war to end all wars,” which of course it didn’t.  “Memorial Day,” was originally called “Decoration Day,” to observe all the veterans who were decorated for their valor.  Then it became “Armistice Day,” which was the […]

I have finished reading a 750 page book titled “Conspiracy of Fools,” and it details how, in far less than a decade, a pipeline company, Kinder-Morgen, became a huge corporation, which defrauded, lied, conspired, or whatever name you wish, stole hundreds of millions from investors, banks, corporations, entities, and the nouns escape me. Enron collapsed […]