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A generous, soft-spoken source of practical sense amid the Byzantine cacophony of the military industrial complex. Unquestionably an eager young participant in the headlong race of Cold War nuclear weapons development—more a Gyro Gearloose, perhaps, than a Mr. Peabody, though he could do both—he nonetheless recoiled from abject fantasies like Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” system […] A “dome” to defend the American homeland from missile attacks is just as fanciful today as it was in 1983, when Ronald Reagan announced his Strategic Defense Initiative “Star Wars” dream. Iron Dome, a catchy Israeli moniker for a very limited system, has now morphed into Golden Dome, which at least accurately expresses the protective […] And where better to be a dreamer of space weaponry than the last place on Earth still enthralled by the Nazi “rocket scientist”? Screenshot Hawk-eyed reporter, digital age soothsayer, hunt country escapee, rare friend in the NYT Washington bureau shark tank. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/nyregion/david-burnham-dead.html
Screenshot Generous editor, old guard menswear fashion plate, classic nicotine addict, friend across the decades. Rest in peace, good witch. Olema, West Marin, January 2019 March 2018
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