June 2021 ⋆ Michael B. Musgrove

Modern Writing

Jun 10, 2021 | Writing

The pen is mightier than the sword… Take away the sword; States can be saved without it!Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1839 This metonymic adage, penned by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, tried to indicate that communication ,...

Totalitarianism is Real

Jun 9, 2021 | Business & Politics

I realized today what it felt to live in the USSR, Greater German Reich, North Korea, China, Equatorial Guinea or any other totalitarian regime, union or republic. I don’t state that lightly. Certainly, most Americans under 40 would have no notion of what any of...

What Winning Tastes Like

Jun 8, 2021 | Humour

I was vindicated tonight by another strapping young Olympian-bodied, athletic Hydrophile. After finding the mother-lode of scarce, limited edition insanely refreshing “Citrus Swish” flavored Gatorade hidden in the back of the bottom of an end-cap at one of...