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Journey nears its end
NUREMBERG, Germany — My journey to Europe is nearing its conclusion. Very soon, I will be boarding a jet bound for home.
To be honest, I didn’t realize how much I needed the time away until after I arrived. What spurred the realization? Likely it was my friends who greeted me outside of baggage claim at Nuremberg’s international airport.
I have known Martin for 14 years; his wife Alena for…
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Shouldn't be close, however ...
A presidential election that by all rights should be a runaway for the incumbent looks as though it’ll produce a lot of gnawed-off fingernails.
President Joe Biden is sitting on an economy that is on fire. Oh, wait. The Gross Domestic Product data came in this week a good bit cooler than expected. Am I worried that we’re about to implode? Hardly.
Here he is, now facing the probable nomination…
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No TV? No big loss!
NUREMBERG, Germany — I have been living in a home for the past few days that has no TV.
There isn’t one to be found anywhere. You know what? I don’t miss what my Dad used to call the “boob tube” … and he sold them for a living!
My friends opened their home to me about 10 days ago. We did watch a film on one of their laptops: “The Post,” starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, about the release of…
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Newspapers: still in demand?
NUREMBERG, Germany — I have discovered something about the job I did for more than 36 years … which is that the preference for physical newspapers is strong all around the world.
At least, I have encountered an expression to that effect on my visit to this wonderful city in the heart of Bavaria.
Case in point .,.. I attended a Rotary Club meeting here the other day and was sitting with some…
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Why delay, SCOTUS?
Many details soar over my occasionally pointed head, such as the apparent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the 45th POTUS deserves presidential immunity.
The high court heard oral arguments this week from the ex-POTUS’s legal team and the legal eagles assembled by special counsel Jack Smith. At stake is the pending trial on the Jan. 6 assault on the government that took place at the…
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So proud, but then again ...
NUREMBERG, Germany — My journey abroad is beginning to commence to come to an end. I only have a couple more nights in Bavaria before I board a jet for home.
I want to stipulate two critical points.
One is that I am a true-blue American patriot who served his country in war, who pays his taxes without bitching about it and who salutes the flag whenever it flies in front of me.
I also know my…
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Re-discovering rail travel
NUREMBERG, Germany — I am pleased to announce that I have rediscovered the joy of traveling locally by train.
I am prepared to declare that Europeans know to run a train system. The Nuremberg network of rail lines is many things: it is quiet, it is environmentally efficient, and it damn sure runs on time.
The trains here run on electricity, which the Germans obtain chiefly through solar, wind…
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Nature saved this city
BAMBERG, Germany — I learned something while walking through one of Europe’s most charming cities … at least I will presume its charm ranks at or the near the top of European cities.
Near the end of World War II, Allied air forces were carpet-bombing many German cities. The air assault was led by the U.S. Army Air Force and the British Royal Air Force.
Bamberg was supposed to be hit with…
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Bannon blathers the truth?
Steve Bannon’s blatherings normally run into one of my ears and out the other, given that I don’t trust the guy as far as I can throw him.
However, when the former inside man in the POTUS 45’s administration says what he says about what Republicans prefer in the 2024 presidential race, well, I tend to perk up.
Bannon believes most GOP members of Congress want the ex-POTUS to lose to President…
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All is quiet ... for now!
NUREMBERG, Germany — I cannot help but feeling somewhat vulnerable as I visit with friends and travel around the lush countryside of this beautiful region of Europe.
Why? Because of the war that rages just two countries to the east of Bavaria in southern Germany.
Ukraine continues to fight for its life against Russian invaders. Someone will have to explain to me why Russian thug Vladimir Putin…
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Speaker does his job
In the Republican Party of 2024, styled in the image of former President Donald J. Trump, a norm-preserving, consensus-driven act — even a basic one — can be a career-ending offense.
So wrote the subhead on a story in the New York Times about the decision by House Speaker Mike Johnson to proceed with a vote to give Ukraine billions of dollars in military aid.
I am of mixed feelings about Mike…
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Peeking back in time
CESKY KRUMLOV, Czech Republic — My friends Martin and Alena invited me to visit them shortly after I lost my bride, Kathy Anne.
I had intended to see them in their Nuremberg, Germany, house and get reacquainted with their children. To be honest, I wasn’t prepared to see the sights Martin and I saw over the past two days in this marvelous community tucked in the heart of the region known as…
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Pictures coming ... eventually
CESKY KUMLOV, Czech Republic — I own this fancy cell phone that is supposed to allow me to do anything I want while traveling.
It’s not working properly, which means I cannot provide any photographic evidence just yet of the sights I am seeing on my travel through central Europe.
I will ask you to trust me that this town in the Czech Republic is a glorious place that reeks of history and…
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The hunt continues
NUREMBERG, Germany — Very soon, my friend and I are going to head toward the Czech Republic border in search for the perfect Greek pastry.
It will have to be perfect, although it will be difficult to ascertain whether it reaches the level of perfection set by my late bride, Kathy Anne.
Here’s the story in brief.
Kathy Anne and I were married in 1971 and she joined my family that included my…
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Is he that stupid?
NUREMBERG, Germany — As you know, I am visiting friends in this lovely city in the gorgeous Bavaria region.
They are well-read, erudite and sophisticated. Alena asked me a fascinating question today about the intelligence of the POTUS No. 45. “Do you think he’s really that stupid,” she asked, “or is he just playing to the people who support him no matter what?”
Her reference point is that…
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Holocaust on full display
NUREMBERG, Germany — My friend told me something about the education he received growing up in this country that I feel compelled to share.
While many American politicians seek to avoid teaching our children about all aspects of our country’s history, German children are given the opportunity to tour first-hand one of history’s greatest scourges.
My good pal Martin explained to me that all…
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Nice knowin' ya, Mr. Speaker
House Speaker Mike Johnson might not be long for the powerful post he now occupies. Why is that?
Because he has decided to do the right thing by allowing a vote on an aid package for Ukraine, which is likely to piss off the MAGA crowd that opposes sending more aid to the nation fighting forces sent to Ukraine on orders from Vladmir Putin, the good pal of the POTUS No. 45.
“I believe Xi,…
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