From: Halstead Harrison <[email protected] > To: Chris Mathews <[email protected]> Subject: Kennedy AnecdoteFriend Chris .. A review by Jacob Heilbrunn of your “Elusive Hero” in the NYTimes Book Review, Nov. 6th 2011, quotes you as saying “.. someone who wa[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Commentary by Halstead’
November 18th, 2011 - 9:41 am § in Misc.
Halstead’s Musings
An Interesting Conversation H. Harrison Nov. 2011 Hi, I tend to sleep poorly nowadays, usually waking in too early hours, then thrashing around with my mind obsessed with this and that. To break that pattern I got up a few minutes ago to write this note to you. It may ramble a bit. If so, [&he[...]
September 30th, 2011 - 9:24 am § in Environment
Peak Carbon
“Peak Carbon” H. Harrison July, 2011 By now nearly everyone has heard about “Peak Oil” and the effort to identify the time when half the world’s reserves have been extracted. At earlier times the price of oil is said to be ‘demand limited’: that is, if d[...]
Dec 7
I was 10 years-old that Sunday morning, coming out of church with my elder sister to discover the congregation much chattering about events at Pearl Harbor. We were in a Navy town, and nearly all of us had fathers or husbands directly affected. That was the first time I saw a portable radio, by [...]