Active Measures
"I'd love to change the world, But I don't know what to do, So I'll leave it up to you." I find it bizarre today that when one disagrees...
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John F. Wolverton
Oct 12, 20232 min
Guns and Butter
The phrase "guns and butter" is often used in economics and political discourse to describe a trade-off between defense spending...
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John F. Wolverton
Sep 25, 20232 min
A Bold Prediction
Never apply positive feedback to an essentially random event because it fools individuals into thinking they have done something...
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John F. Wolverton
Sep 19, 20232 min
Traveling through Genius
Those absorbed in worldly ideas stand little chance before those of tremendous, unbridled military force. As I traveled through Greece...
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John F. Wolverton
Sep 10, 20233 min
War Stories
I arrived in Iraq shortly after the Fallujah Blackwater Incident in April 2004. The team I was assigned to had arrived early and called...
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John F. Wolverton
Aug 22, 20233 min
Voices
There are voices in my head that I do not like to listen to that alone talk about. Why? Because everyone today is so dishonest that they...
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John F. Wolverton
Aug 20, 20232 min
Genealogists or Conspiracy Theorists
Robert was relating a family story to his cousin Marybeth. She looked at him, half interested and half mocking. Marybeth lets Robert...
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John F. Wolverton
Aug 13, 20232 min
Personal Transparency
Euphemism is a way to prevent you from making mental pictures of what is going on. A mild or indirect word or expression is substituted...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 31, 20232 min
Candor
The little prince never let go of a question once he had asked it. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Most people love to solve mysteries. Take...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 26, 20232 min
Appropriated Words
Not a single thought or written word is my own, for I have read someone else's script. My mind has been forever transformed from when I...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 17, 20232 min
A Myth and A Strike
Myths as a reality are true; they do exist. A Myth is a traditional story about some individual or event that may or may not be based on...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 10, 20231 min
They
They told me I was related to Benjamin Franklin. They indicated I could not be an artist. Look at what they have done to me and my...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 6, 20232 min
At War with Reality
It seems odd that most politicians are going to war with reality. It is well known that in any political war, the first casualty is...
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John F. Wolverton
Jul 6, 20231 min
Genealogical Reality and WGR
The Art of Truth, Knowledge, and Wisdom Welcome to my Blog! I'm John F. Wolverton, a genealogical researcher that loves to solve deep,...
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