Looking Ahead By Looking Behind.

By: Skip MacLure (Diary)  |  November 20th at 03:40 PM  | 

We’ve all had that semi-otherworldly sense, ‘that I’ve been here before’. I’ve had it strongly enough on a couple of occasions where it literally raised the hair at the back of my head. One such occurrence was when I saw a series of reports about China’s belligerence towards Japan and, most recently, the Philippines. Those of you who still remember history as it used to | Read More »

The Real Tragedy Of Japan And What We Should Take From It.

By: Skip MacLure (Diary)  |  March 17th at 10:18 AM  | 

The Japanese people have become as fierce an ally and friend as they were an enemy. As a young Marine I studied the campaigns of the Pacific War, where American Marines and Japanese Imperial soldiers threw themselves at each other in some of the most savage battles in the history of armed conflict. I saw a couple of those islands, actually walked some of the | Read More »

America’s Great Apologist Grovels Again.

By: Skip MacLure (Diary)  |  November 16th at 12:24 PM  | 

I’ve been looking for something else to write about. Some change from the distressing, embarrassing and depressing norm in the news in this country these days. I’d like to do something light and optimistic. Sorry folks, just haven’t come across any Sugar Plum Fairies lately…unless you want to count Obama’s economic program…it’s for sure a fantasy, albeit a very dangerous one. I’d like, as well, | Read More »