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Senator John McCain’s Memorial Service

September 3, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

Labor Day, 2018. In America, we are celebrating one of our national holidays today. With Labor Day, the attention often focuses more on the “holiday” side of the observance, because the day also marks the unofficial end of summer. Despite that, our Labor Day does have a serious purpose, as it was established as a …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History Tagged With: Bush (George W.), Marshall (George C.), Marshall Plan, McCain (John), Obama (Barack)

Midsummer’s Day Thoughts

June 21, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

It’s Midsummer’s Day today, and as I prepare to send this post out (hopefully before Midsummer’s Day turns into a dreamy midsummer’s night), I have to confess that I was shocked to see that my last post was on Easter, some three months ago. My apologies. I’m consistently thinking about how lucky I am. Not …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: art nouveau, Atlantic Charter, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Kurtz-Phelan (Daniel), Marshall (George C.), Marshall Plan, Marshall Plan (China), Midsummer's Day, Obama (Barack), Rhodes (Ben), Truman (Harry S.), Venice, Venice (Lido)

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