Category Archives: Government

D Day, June 6, 1944

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Phyllis Alberici

It’s 79 years since Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword. 160,000 troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline determined to break Hitler’s hold on Europe. 9,000 died or were wounded … Continue reading →

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What Memorial Day means to one soldier’s little girl

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Phyllis Alberici

Every year I ask myself the same question: why is it the few can take the many into chaos they will never experience and then avert their eyes from the damage they’ve caused? Could Memorial Day be reduced to a … Continue reading →

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Which thing is not like the other?

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Phyllis Alberici

There are times when cynicism gets the best of me. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any nuttier, voters south of me in New York elected a shape shifter. Enter George Santos. Or is it? More than one politician … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1944: The Grand Purpose

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Phyllis Alberici

It’s June 6, 1944. America still sleeps but will soon wake to the news that Allied forces have landed across a fifty mile swath of beach in a place called Normandy, on the northwest coast of France. D Day and … Continue reading →

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What Memorial Day means to one soldier’s little girl

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Phyllis Alberici

Memorial Day never struck me as a mini-Black Friday, the day to run to the nearest holiday sales or tell anyone who will listen, “Thank God I’ve got Monday off!” Memorial Day is about remembering. A day to do what … Continue reading →

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A front row seat at the Pearly Gates: 2018 is coming

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Phyllis Alberici

Elizabeth Warren was right on when she said she hoped that Republicans would donate their bodies to science so that, when they were cut open, we could end the speculation about whether or not they have a heart. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Miss Manners, you’re our only hope

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Phyllis Alberici

Before we start tossing around words like “bunker mentality,” let’s review some recent encounters with my fellow homo sapiens. Last Thursday, crawling out of my rural farmhouse for supplies, I must have driven over a nest of pick up trucks, … Continue reading →

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Bombs bursting in air

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Phyllis Alberici

Every American alive today has lived through America’s involvement in a war. Everyone. Call it “war” or a “military action,” it’s the same outcome bolstered by rhetoric to justify our heading out the door to help or harm. We like … Continue reading →

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Weather Report from Never Never Land: the Election

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Phyllis Alberici

The last of the Presidential debates for this election go around is tonight and Americans will have to decide between Monday night football or a different kind of football. Back in Lincoln’s day, a Presidential debate had no moderator and … Continue reading →

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D Day

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Phyllis Alberici

As you get older recent memory becomes as elusive as sleep and old memories, or the borrowed memories of others, become new again. Remembering D Day on this June 6. I write a lot about soldiers and veterans and war. … Continue reading →

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Troy drops the ball again

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Phyllis Alberici

I’ve had it. What’s up with Troy? I live here, pay exorbitant rent that single-handedly covers property taxes, admire the Fire Department and believe the Troy Police do a terrific job in a hard town…and think the City Council and … Continue reading →

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Birds and fish and crabs, oh my!

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Phyllis Alberici

No, really. I shouldn’t laugh. But some of us cope a bit better with nervous laughter. Mine is getting a little wild about now. I mean, what in hell is going on here? First it was Arkansas, which was gross … Continue reading →

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