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God’s Hammer, guerrilla warfare, Ukraine and the breath of life
When I was a little girl, 5 years old, my lungs asserted themselves inauspiciously. Starting with several months of pneumonia, they proceeded, as I grew up, into various bronchial uproars, and then asthma attacks. It was during an extended asthma … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged bronchiectasis, Crimea, emphysema, glasnost, Howard Fast, My Glorious Brothers, Odessa, perestroika, Putin, Soviet Union, the Maccabees, Ukraine
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The veneration of war and its masters
My parents’ families, first generation Americans, did not give birth to a lot of soldiers. Indeed, a branch of the family — the ones from Odessa — came to the United States in rejection of soldiering. My father’s father went … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Army Air Force, Coast Guard, David Hare, Link Trainer, Odessa, OSS, Plenty, Save The Tiger, Steve Shagan, World War II
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