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  • Shape Up or Ship Out!

    Created: 2009-11-25 23:08:03 Author: Harold B. Estes

     I received this letter by e-mail from my father.  I think it speaks better than anything I could w...

  • Diatribe Forum Rules

    Created: 2009-10-28 07:55:00 Author: Carl

    The Daily Diatribe Forum is intended to be a very informal place where people can discuss topics of interest, and hopefully sometimes the articles published on the site!

    If one word could be used to describe the desired environment, it wou...

  • Que Bono Peak Oil?

    Created: 2009-10-10 02:47:56 Author: Carl

    A few weeks ago I received a mass e-mail from an old and dear family friend, of my parents generation, containing a passionate article about the discovery of a huge oil reserve in the Western United States.  It is in a formation known as the "Willis...

  • The Lynch Mob

    Created: 2009-10-08 06:35:55 Author: Carl Andersen

    On a web forum I frequent, we've been debating recently the question of a 13-year-old boy with 18 convictions on his record, including the rape of a 72-year-old woman.  It was reported that the Supreme Court will be considering whether his life sent...

  • Airlines and the Magical Fruit

    Created: 2009-09-30 22:58:35 Author: Carl Andersen

      Anyone who has taken an airline flight more than a few times has experienced the often puzzling, sometimes infuriating behavior of airline staff, particularly at the gate a...

  • A New Beginning

    Created: 2009-09-24 10:03:04 Author: Carl Andersen

    Welcome to the reformatted and resurrected Daily Diatribe.


    The idea for The Daily Diatribe was born around 2001 or 2002, when I had just begun my first stint as an Airline Pilot with Mesaba Airli...

  • Once Upon a Time

    Created: 2009-09-24 10:00:44 Author: Carl

    Once upon a time, there was a powerful island nation with a strong navy and colonies far and wide. It had a king and a queen who ruled the land and all their royal su...

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