Category Archives: Social Commentary

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary, War Commentary

9/11

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Where were you when?

I was in San Juan, about to head to the airport for a flight back to California, I was about to call a cab when I saw the second plane hit the second tower. I instantly realized that we were at war, and that there was no point in going to the airport.

But twenty-two years on, we seem to have forgotten it ever happened.

[Update a few minutes later]

Glenn Reynolds remembers, and he’s angry. So am I.

[Update later morning]

9/11 is a memorial to repeated and ongoing FBI failures, which which no one is ever held accountable.

History, Humor, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

Gamble Rogers

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Jimmy Buffett’s passing made me think of him. He was a major influence, and they used to play together in bars in St. Augustine. I first encountered him live at The Ark in Ann Arbor in the late seventies. It still saddens me to think what a talent was lost when he tried to save a man on a beach south of St. Augustine in 1991 (I’ve driven through there, and they’ve named the beach after him).

Here is more. I hadn’t realized that he also influenced David Bromberg.