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March 27, 1794 — The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy

 

Book Review: The Sins of the Fathers

 

They’re all damaged goods—the Private Investigators, that is, aren’t they?  Matthew Scudder’s cross to bear is as tragic as it was unavoidably accidental. So, now he’s a hard-drinking  former NYC detective who makes ends meet by doing “favors” for folks who show their appreciation with “gifts,” so he can avoid the whole official P.I. stereotype.  In this case, it’s a father trying to make sense of his daughter’s death and the suicide of the boy who lived with her and brutally murdered her.  As Scudder methodically unravels the mysteries of the “why” for the father, he discovers the open-and-shut case holds other mysteries that he judicially deals with in the end.  A good, gritty noir story that doesn’t follow the usual paths. (4 of 5 Stars)

 

Link to The Sins of the Fathers on Amazon (Paid Link)

Clear and Present Dangers……James Patterson

“You see, one of the best things about reading is that you’ll always have something to think about when you’re not reading.”

~James Patterson

 

 

 

 

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March 17, AD 461 — St. Patrick died

 

The Analects of Mudcat: Mainstream Media

“They pretend to report the facts and we pretend to watch the news.”

 

~M.T. Bass

 

The Sovietization of the American Press by Matt Taibbi

 

 

 

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Clear and Present Dangers……Lawrence Sanders

“Writing is the most important thing in my life – above marriage.”

~Lawrence Sanders

 

 

 

 

Cleveland Indians Flag

March 9, 1897 —The Cleveland Spiders signed Louis Sockalexis, a full-blooded Penobscot and the fans began calling the team “Indians” (in 1915 becomes official.)

 

Clear and Present Dangers……Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.”

― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

 

 

 

 

Alamo Flag

March 6, 1836 —The siege of the Alamo ended.

 

The Analects of Mudcat: Words are Violence

“When all your life is nothing but Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts, confusing words with violence is pathetically inevitable.”

 

~M.T. Bass

 

 

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