Tag Archives: Truman

Traveling By Rail

Posted on June 27, 2022 by lewbornmann

Travelers have numerous ways of getting from point A to B, but few modes of travel blend relaxation, efficiency, and scenery better than onboard a train. Travelers have numerous ways. Hopefully there will be a U.S. resurgence in construction and service within the near future. Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force, Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Amtrak, ASCE, ASCE, Atlantic City, Baltimore, BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Beth Truman, Boston, British Columbia, Buses, California, California, California Zephyr, Camden, Chicago, China, China, Deland, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Florida, Florida, Freight Train, gridlock, Harlingen, Harry Truman, High-speed rail, HSR, Illinois, Infrastructure, Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highways, Korean War, Malaysia, Maryland, Mass Transit, Massachusetts, metro, Morocco, National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, New Jersey, New York, New York, New York, New York City, Norman Mineta, Oakland, Passenger train, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Rail transportation, rail travel, Railroads, roomette, San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Santa Clara, Seattle, Sidney, streetcar, Subsidies, Subways, Texas, Trains, trolley, Truman, Washington Metro, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C., West Hazelton, World War I, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Afghanistan: Saigon II

Posted on August 23, 2021 by lewbornmann

Afghanistan has been called “the graveyard of empires”. The U.S. is now the latest to suffer defeat. Much went wrong and there will be many attempts to assign blame. Continue reading →

Posted in Afghan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda, Ashraf Ghani, Biden, Britain, Britain, Bush, China, China, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Great Britain, Harry Truman, Hindu Kush, India, insurgency, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Iraq, Islam, Islam, Joe Biden, Kabul, Kandahar, Mujahidin, Mujahidin, Mujahidin, Muslim, Muslim, opium, Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Personal, Soviet Union, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Taliban, Taliban, Truman, Trump, Turkmenistan, U.S. military, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Vietnam, Vietnam | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Conservative Ideology

Posted on March 1, 2021 by lewbornmann

Those on the conservative right invoked a nostalgia for the 1950s and an America that never was but they presume to have existed so as to rationalize their sense of loss and abandonment, their fear of change, their bitter resentments, and lingering contempt for the social movements of the 1960s; a time of new aspirations for women, gays, and people of color. Continue reading →

Posted in Alt-Right, conservatism, COVID-19, COVID-19, Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Democrats, Democrats, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Evangelical Christians, Harry Truman, Ideology, Ideology, libertarians, neofascism, QAnon, republicans, Socialism, Tea Party, Tea Party, Truman, Trump, White Supremacists | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Life’s Challenges

Posted on July 27, 2020 by lewbornmann

It seems to me…. “When you’re up to your ass in alligators, you forget about cleaning the swamp.”   ~ Robert DeBard[1]. Being well into my 80s, I can look back on what I have experienced from a perspective not all … Continue reading →

Posted in Alaska, Army, California, California, Challenges, China, China, Cold War, Cuba, Epidemic, Europe, Europe, France, France, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Galveston, Germany, Germany, Harry Truman, Hawaii, Hurricane, Italy, Italy, Japan, Japan, Japan, John (Jack) F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Kennedy, Korea, Korean War, Los Angeles, McCarthy, McCarthyism, Military, North Korea, Race, Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Roosevelt, Russia, Russia, San Francisco, San Francisco, South Korea, Soviet Union, Soviet Union, Spanish Flu, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Truman, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, War, War, William H. McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Making America Great Again

Posted on February 4, 2019 by lewbornmann

It seems to me…. “A country’s economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingly diverse economic goods to its population, this growing capacity based on advancing technology and the institutional and ideological adjustments that … Continue reading →

Posted in AI, Artificial Intelligence, AT&T, Bell Labs, Bob Taylor, Budget, China, Congress, DARPA, ECON-101, economic growth, economics, Economy, Education, Education, education, Factor Intensity, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Funding, GDP, Gross Domestic Product, Harry Truman, human capital, Infrastructure, Innovation, Innovation, Manhattan Project, Moon, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Physical Capital, Private-Sector, Private-Sector, Public-Sector, Public-Sector, RAND, research, Retraining, Roosevelt, Science, Solow Residual, Space, Space, SRI, Stanford Research Institute, Technology, Technology, Total Factor Productivity, Training, Truman, Truman, Trump, University, Vannevar Bush, World War II, Xerox, Xerox PARC | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment