Author of A Time To Kill
Veterans Day, 12 November, 2012 Tale of Two Academy Lives General Petraeus and I entered military academies within a month of graduating from high school in 1970. Our homes and high schools were within an hour’s drive from our prospective institutions: his West Point, New York, and mine, Annapolis, Maryland. I cheered for the midshipmen […]
The Communist or the Mormon? 4 November, 2012 We are bidden in this life to do what is right. The choice is often not easily discernable along a line separating right from wrong. We must clean up our spectacles and squint hard at the words and deeds which define the candidates before us. When all […]
Michael Bray 308 High Street Wilmington, OH 45177 Fax: 937-382-4585 • Ph 937-382-8151 • mbray@ccconline.net Press Release 16 September 2006 Reply to above address and phone number To those whose duty it is to act: The Writ of Execution from the United States District Court For The Southern District Of Ohio Eastern Division was signed […]
Michael Bray 1 September 2012 “I reject all labels,” says Mayor Riley. He does, however, accept “Republican” in a county which the polls continue to show to be host to a Republican majority. Considering his ideology as penned by himself in “GOP, Dems should not fight over healthcare” (WNJ, 27 August,2012), perhaps it is a matter […]
7 January 2003 Re White Rose Banquet 2003 and Witness in Buffalo on 22 January Dear Friends, On such short notice, we have two opportunities on the Day of Infamy memorial, 2003. First, we will have an informal WRB in Gaithersburg, Maryland White Rose Banquet 2003 (suburb of D.C.) on the usual date, the eve […]
17 February 2009 Anno Domini Citizen of Wilmington: As we approach spring, a new school-sponsored club, the “Gay Straight Alliance” (GSA) is planning its Day of Silence (with the help of its two Wilmington High School faculty “advisors”) for April 17, 2009. This is the second “Day of Silence” event which has occurred at Wilmington […]
Michael Bray 23 July 2008 Wilmington or Pottersville? What’s God got to do with it? How many times have you wondered or heard another speculate (or expostulate) upon the role of the Deity concerning world events: He brought this or that judgment or blessing? More often, in modern times, we are more inclined to ascribe […]
7 December 2007 A Letter to Jim Fife: It was good to see you at the basketball game. And I was glad to hear that you are seeking to serve as a County Commissioner. That office has been on my mind a lot in recent months as the casino debacle has been moving upon us. […]
Michael Bray November, 2008 Clinton County and the Casino: Election Results The results of the 2008 election bode good and bad. While state wide the voters rejected the MyOhioNow casino pushers’ proposal by nearly a 2-1 margin, Clinton County voted in favor 10,547 to 8,168. The fact the Clinton County, normally a conservative area of […]
Casino Meditaions Fall 2007 The three Clinton County Commissioners, like three blind mice, don’t know where they (and we) are going. They cannot tell light from darkness, but they sure can smell the cheese. Did they go out to lunch with the casino men when they showed up on August 29 at the Commissioners meeting? […]