The Great American Time-Share Boondoggle

The Great American Time-Share Boondoggle: A Tale of Free Meals, Misery, and Maintenance Fees Ah, the late 90s and early 2000s, a simpler time when boy bands ruled the airwaves, and the internet was still dial-up. Amidst all this nostalgic bliss, a plague was sweeping across the nation, ensnaring the unsuspecting masses with promises of …

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The Plain of Weehawken, and the Loss of a Hero

Reflections on the anniversary of America’s most tragic duel… Early in the morning of July 11, 1804, the Vice President and the former Secretary of the Treasury stood on the Plain of Weehawken – a wild land in New Jersey, where the laws were different from civilized New York, across the water – and they …

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A Tale of Two Cities, 2024

Recent elections make Paris and London like true twin cities than the opposites they were during the French Revolution tale.  Yet, an historical repeat is happening, of sorts, like it was before Bastille Day 1789 when both France and England could have had a revolution.  In 2024, both France and England are heading towards civil …

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