September's meeting information has been posted under Next Meeting.
This is the new site for the Alpha Literary & Philosophical Society aka ALPS which will replace the old website at http://www.alphaliterary.com/. My name is James Peterson and I'm the newly appointed Webmaster of ALPS that will be making this all possible.
Doge's to do list:
- Update Roster & History up to current
- Add direct submit feature for members
- Posting template
- Upload papers with posts and links
- Create posts and fix links for paper subjects on front page menu
- Add updates as prescribed by Mr. Thompson et al.
FAQ
What is A.L.P.S.?
Dr. Max Flapan in the early ‘70s was a latter-day "Renaissance Man" involved in a wide range of interests; his active mind attracted many friends from diverse professions and careers, resident in the City of Fairfax area. Max was a WWII Army officer who had come to the U.S. as a Russian immigrant boy; on retirement in the 1960’s, Max completed his doctorate. Among other projects afterwards, he gave courses on such subjects as the Soviet Constitution, portraying it objectively as a Leninist ploy, excessive on human rights promises beyond the U.S. Constitution in some respects, but criminally deficient on any delivery of promise.
Max felt that there was a useful civic role in the area for a discussion or learning group which could meet regularly, presenting, in modes of debate, serious written papers on current and passing social concerns of citizens: thus A.L.P.S. was born in the early ‘70’s with about a dozen charter members invited from professions of law, science and engineering, government, seminaries and education, etc.; monthly night meetings were held in members’ homes in a beginning fraternal environment for which the door was explicitly open for future women presenters. Venue of meetings later shifted to City of Fairfax facilities as host for our monthly papers; these have accrued to well over 200 in our record for this new Millennium, covering a wide range and variety of topics of contemporaneous concerns.
That record begins with a paper by A.L.P.S.’ first Secretary, doctoral candidate Col. Bill Cover: "Towards a New Cosmology"; given re a former "Jubilee Year". Copernicus wrote in Latin, "sotto voce" to a small literate audience of about 1% of Western Europeans; this astronomer challenged a concept of mankind’s centrality in God’s plan. The earth indeed orbited around the sun, contrary to Church interpretation. Analogously in our own times, in a half-millennium since were identified many similar icons to be challenged in our national and worldwide societal Gestalt, then barely emergent from ravages of global warfare. Papers since have paralleled history and headlines.
Early A.L.P.S. papers dealt with the "energy crisis" then consuming early ‘70’s news; a DOE author noted dominance of coal resources in our own country, later confirmed. Human biological/ethical and moral considerations were then and remain major concerns. China’s emergence as a rival power was discussed soon after Nixon’s entente with Peking. A GMU Dean related Democracy with Foreign Policy. A local Federal Judge discussed the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Superpower disarmament was a recurrent subject of members from ACDA, State, the Armed Forces and intelligence communities. Legal issues with privacy were a continuing theme of papers. Satellite communications and worldwide impacts of space were topical. A WWII-Nisei, Hiroshi, discussed civilian encampments of Japanese in the early 1940’s. Contrasts in treatment of slavery by Latin cultures were compared with ante-bellum America. A former missionary to India discussed experiences with Asian sub-continent mores. A former State Department Assistant Secretary wrote of the initial design of a Cold War "hot-line" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
More recent papers have treated: evolution, advances of medicine, war, crime, early Americana, experiences in post-depression America. Selected biographies and literature segments were presented. World hunger with its pervasive implications related to universal health care was argued. Antarctic research is a recurrent topic along with the new Moscow regime and related security issues. A paper critiquing Hume’s philosophy was later published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; other papers were published by authors in ASEE (Engineering Education), in JMT (Medical Technology), and others. A.L.P.S. serves as a terminal medium for criticism of "pregnant authors" and their papers, serving to provide last-minute modifications to texts in the interests of better communication and presentation.
In summary, A.L.P.S. has had meetings during the past quarter-century on the last Wednesday of each month (barring holiday conflicts). Presently meetings are held at 7:45 p.m. in the City’s "Old Town Hall" on University Drive. All are invited, particularly those students interested in a multidisciplinary and interactive audience. Dues are not required. Our WEB SITE – alpsociety.blogspot.com/ (formerly www.alphaliterary.com) – contains writings on a gamut of current events of U.S. history (with many ancient lessons), put together by active participants from top-to-working level positions, for the last 25 years. Papers generally contain an in-depth study of problems faced by society. Questions from the general public are referred to the A.L.P.S. Web Page, but if more detailed queries arise, they may be relayed to GRODG82505@AOL.COM.
Where and when do you meet?
The Alpha Literary and Philosophical Society meets in the Green Acres Center of Fairfax, Virginia (4401 Sideburn Road, Room 112, Fairfax City, VA 22030) at 7:45 PM on the last Wednesday of every month (see Schedule). During each meeting, our members present and discuss their individual works.
Who is allowed to attend?
Anyone who is interested in the original purpose stated by the founder of ALPS.
"To engage in moderate debate, discussion, and exchange of views and opinions on timely affairs or on social and political theories of earlier thinkers with dissenting and diverse views that are intellectually credible and expressed in reasonably civilized form." - Maxwell Flapan, Ph.D., (1906-1973), Founder.
How do I access the archives?
The archives are currently not in use. They may be resurrected if the ALPS steering committee decides to publish past papers from the physical archive.
Dr. Max Flapan in the early ‘70s was a latter-day "Renaissance Man" involved in a wide range of interests; his active mind attracted many friends from diverse professions and careers, resident in the City of Fairfax area. Max was a WWII Army officer who had come to the U.S. as a Russian immigrant boy; on retirement in the 1960’s, Max completed his doctorate. Among other projects afterwards, he gave courses on such subjects as the Soviet Constitution, portraying it objectively as a Leninist ploy, excessive on human rights promises beyond the U.S. Constitution in some respects, but criminally deficient on any delivery of promise.
Max felt that there was a useful civic role in the area for a discussion or learning group which could meet regularly, presenting, in modes of debate, serious written papers on current and passing social concerns of citizens: thus A.L.P.S. was born in the early ‘70’s with about a dozen charter members invited from professions of law, science and engineering, government, seminaries and education, etc.; monthly night meetings were held in members’ homes in a beginning fraternal environment for which the door was explicitly open for future women presenters. Venue of meetings later shifted to City of Fairfax facilities as host for our monthly papers; these have accrued to well over 200 in our record for this new Millennium, covering a wide range and variety of topics of contemporaneous concerns.
That record begins with a paper by A.L.P.S.’ first Secretary, doctoral candidate Col. Bill Cover: "Towards a New Cosmology"; given re a former "Jubilee Year". Copernicus wrote in Latin, "sotto voce" to a small literate audience of about 1% of Western Europeans; this astronomer challenged a concept of mankind’s centrality in God’s plan. The earth indeed orbited around the sun, contrary to Church interpretation. Analogously in our own times, in a half-millennium since were identified many similar icons to be challenged in our national and worldwide societal Gestalt, then barely emergent from ravages of global warfare. Papers since have paralleled history and headlines.
Early A.L.P.S. papers dealt with the "energy crisis" then consuming early ‘70’s news; a DOE author noted dominance of coal resources in our own country, later confirmed. Human biological/ethical and moral considerations were then and remain major concerns. China’s emergence as a rival power was discussed soon after Nixon’s entente with Peking. A GMU Dean related Democracy with Foreign Policy. A local Federal Judge discussed the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Superpower disarmament was a recurrent subject of members from ACDA, State, the Armed Forces and intelligence communities. Legal issues with privacy were a continuing theme of papers. Satellite communications and worldwide impacts of space were topical. A WWII-Nisei, Hiroshi, discussed civilian encampments of Japanese in the early 1940’s. Contrasts in treatment of slavery by Latin cultures were compared with ante-bellum America. A former missionary to India discussed experiences with Asian sub-continent mores. A former State Department Assistant Secretary wrote of the initial design of a Cold War "hot-line" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
More recent papers have treated: evolution, advances of medicine, war, crime, early Americana, experiences in post-depression America. Selected biographies and literature segments were presented. World hunger with its pervasive implications related to universal health care was argued. Antarctic research is a recurrent topic along with the new Moscow regime and related security issues. A paper critiquing Hume’s philosophy was later published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; other papers were published by authors in ASEE (Engineering Education), in JMT (Medical Technology), and others. A.L.P.S. serves as a terminal medium for criticism of "pregnant authors" and their papers, serving to provide last-minute modifications to texts in the interests of better communication and presentation.
In summary, A.L.P.S. has had meetings during the past quarter-century on the last Wednesday of each month (barring holiday conflicts). Presently meetings are held at 7:45 p.m. in the City’s "Old Town Hall" on University Drive. All are invited, particularly those students interested in a multidisciplinary and interactive audience. Dues are not required. Our WEB SITE – alpsociety.blogspot.com/ (formerly www.alphaliterary.com) – contains writings on a gamut of current events of U.S. history (with many ancient lessons), put together by active participants from top-to-working level positions, for the last 25 years. Papers generally contain an in-depth study of problems faced by society. Questions from the general public are referred to the A.L.P.S. Web Page, but if more detailed queries arise, they may be relayed to GRODG82505@AOL.COM.
Where and when do you meet?
The Alpha Literary and Philosophical Society meets in the Green Acres Center of Fairfax, Virginia (4401 Sideburn Road, Room 112, Fairfax City, VA 22030) at 7:45 PM on the last Wednesday of every month (see Schedule). During each meeting, our members present and discuss their individual works.
Who is allowed to attend?
Anyone who is interested in the original purpose stated by the founder of ALPS.
"To engage in moderate debate, discussion, and exchange of views and opinions on timely affairs or on social and political theories of earlier thinkers with dissenting and diverse views that are intellectually credible and expressed in reasonably civilized form." - Maxwell Flapan, Ph.D., (1906-1973), Founder.
How do I access the archives?
The archives are currently not in use. They may be resurrected if the ALPS steering committee decides to publish past papers from the physical archive.
Papers
Army, 1957: "Fit fer a Sojer", Baxter, William P.
The Chernobyl disaster and its ramifications: "Chernobyl and the Downfall of the Soviet Union", Bush, David M.
The Battle of the Bulge; strategy, tactics, results; a retrospective: "The Battle of the Bulge: A 50th Anniversary Perspective", Bush, David M.
An Analysis of the Harry Potter Books: "The Harry Potter Phenomenon", Bush, David M.
The History of Cosmology: "The Scientific Revolution", Bush, David M.
MDR-TB A Brief Review: "Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis", Coon, Robert G.
Why the Pope did not speak out against the Nazis: "Pope Pius XII and the Second World War", DeVan, Richard J.
Carl Schurz, German Revolution, American History, German Unification: "Carl Schurz, German Revolutionary, American Statesman", Elstun, Esther N., Ph.D.
Quest for Christa, Christa T., Germany Divided, germany, federal republic of germany, german history: "Images of a Divided Germany in Christa Wolf's novel The Quest for Christa T.", Elstun, Esther N., Ph.D.
The Hydrogen Energy System: "The Inevitability of Non-Fossil Energy - Disaster or Opportunity?", Escher, William J. D.
Oberammergau Passion Play: "Oberammergau: A Pledge Fulfilled", Hoopes, Ronald G.
The nature and solutions to the Iraq War are explored: "Five Short Papers on Iraq", Lamborn, G. L.
Law Run Amok: "Deluge: Regulation on the Wrong Track", Morris, A.Nunes, Esq.
Springboard for Discussion: "A Peculiar Hubris", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Defining the being, otherness, self: "Being and otherness", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Estate Planning myths & misunderstandings: "Estate Planning & Probate in Virginia", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Terrorism: "Historical Parallels in Terrorism", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Electoral College, Constitution: "Reaffirming the Electoral College in the Wake of Electoral Turmoil", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Law, Lawyers: "Why Lawyers are That Way", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
The nine principals of war adopted by the U.S. and their use in Iraq: "Iraq and the Principals of War", Partridge, Charles C.
The Delphic inscription and Socratic care of the self: "Know Thyself", Partridge, John
The U-2 Incident, Francis Gary Powers, Operation Overflight, Soviet Union, SAM, Mike Drant, CIA, KGB: "The U-2 Incident: A Personal Overview", Powers, Francis G., Jr.
The Church and the Jews: "Constantine's Sword", Rodgers, George
Merging Archaeological with Documentary Science: "In Search of Paul", Rodgers, George
Tanker Spills: "Technology Advances for Tanker Spills", Rodgers, George
The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann; German Literature: "The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann", Rodgers, George
Fermat's Last Theorem: "Singular Passion", Schultz, George T.
The Parson's Cause, Patrick Henry, George Cooke, Revolutionary Art, Nineteenth Century Art, Gibbes Art Museum: "The Parson's Cause", Thompson, Charles Robert
The development of the European Monetary Union (EMU): "European Monetary Dis-union", Young, Stanley E.
Human Rights: "Rights of Passage: The Philosophy of Human Rights", Young, Stanley E.
The Chernobyl disaster and its ramifications: "Chernobyl and the Downfall of the Soviet Union", Bush, David M.
The Battle of the Bulge; strategy, tactics, results; a retrospective: "The Battle of the Bulge: A 50th Anniversary Perspective", Bush, David M.
An Analysis of the Harry Potter Books: "The Harry Potter Phenomenon", Bush, David M.
The History of Cosmology: "The Scientific Revolution", Bush, David M.
MDR-TB A Brief Review: "Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis", Coon, Robert G.
Why the Pope did not speak out against the Nazis: "Pope Pius XII and the Second World War", DeVan, Richard J.
Carl Schurz, German Revolution, American History, German Unification: "Carl Schurz, German Revolutionary, American Statesman", Elstun, Esther N., Ph.D.
Quest for Christa, Christa T., Germany Divided, germany, federal republic of germany, german history: "Images of a Divided Germany in Christa Wolf's novel The Quest for Christa T.", Elstun, Esther N., Ph.D.
The Hydrogen Energy System: "The Inevitability of Non-Fossil Energy - Disaster or Opportunity?", Escher, William J. D.
Oberammergau Passion Play: "Oberammergau: A Pledge Fulfilled", Hoopes, Ronald G.
The nature and solutions to the Iraq War are explored: "Five Short Papers on Iraq", Lamborn, G. L.
Law Run Amok: "Deluge: Regulation on the Wrong Track", Morris, A.Nunes, Esq.
Springboard for Discussion: "A Peculiar Hubris", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Defining the being, otherness, self: "Being and otherness", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Estate Planning myths & misunderstandings: "Estate Planning & Probate in Virginia", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Terrorism: "Historical Parallels in Terrorism", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Electoral College, Constitution: "Reaffirming the Electoral College in the Wake of Electoral Turmoil", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
Law, Lawyers: "Why Lawyers are That Way", Nunes, Morris A., Esq.
The nine principals of war adopted by the U.S. and their use in Iraq: "Iraq and the Principals of War", Partridge, Charles C.
The Delphic inscription and Socratic care of the self: "Know Thyself", Partridge, John
The U-2 Incident, Francis Gary Powers, Operation Overflight, Soviet Union, SAM, Mike Drant, CIA, KGB: "The U-2 Incident: A Personal Overview", Powers, Francis G., Jr.
The Church and the Jews: "Constantine's Sword", Rodgers, George
Merging Archaeological with Documentary Science: "In Search of Paul", Rodgers, George
Tanker Spills: "Technology Advances for Tanker Spills", Rodgers, George
The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann; German Literature: "The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann", Rodgers, George
Fermat's Last Theorem: "Singular Passion", Schultz, George T.
The Parson's Cause, Patrick Henry, George Cooke, Revolutionary Art, Nineteenth Century Art, Gibbes Art Museum: "The Parson's Cause", Thompson, Charles Robert
The development of the European Monetary Union (EMU): "European Monetary Dis-union", Young, Stanley E.
Human Rights: "Rights of Passage: The Philosophy of Human Rights", Young, Stanley E.
Next Meeting
Last ALPS email from Secretary Mr. Bob Thompson (with a few minor edits by Doge J. Peterson).
ALPHA LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Founded 1973
"… To engage in moderate debate, discussion, and exchange of views and opinions on timely affairs or on social and political theories of earlier thinkers … with dissenting and diverse views that are intellectually credible and expressed in reasonably civilized form."
-- Maxwell Flapan, Ph.D., (1906-1973), Founder
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Granny Stories
By Susan Devan
at
Green Acres Center
4401 Sideburn Road, Room 112,
Fairfax City, VA 22030
7:45 PM
Presenting the Presenter:
Susan Devan is now retired, and was an Administrative assistant, Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists; former geographer at Dept. Interior; analyst for DOD; mother of six children. Currently, free-lance writer for Hexagon; fine artist with commission underway; she now writes plays, short stories and nonfiction. She continues to write and be recognized by literary groups in West Virginia. BS, Foreign Service from Georgetown U. Having read a couple of these stories, they are really funny!
On the Calendar .... Our calendar is set for 2009. Thank you, writers!
2009
May 27 Larry Lamborn: On Genealogy
Jun 24 Joe Scheisl – The Clouds of War
Jul Summer break – no paper needed
Aug Summer break – no paper needed
Sep 30 Maria Ivusic – My Brother, A Patriot in the USA
Oct 28 Susan and Dick Devan: A Debate - At the time of the American Revolution, which side would we have supported and why? He says, she says …
Nov 18 Richard Geller: The Great Depression 1929-1945, A Second Look
Dec Holiday break – no paper needed
2010
First month James Peterson - The History of Regressive Thought
Attendance in March ‘09 = 9
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. -- Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad
ALPS web site is restored as a blog - Thanks to James Peterson, the ALPS web site and discussion blog is now open. Web address is: http://alpsociety.blogspot.com/ Check out this blogspot today. See the new address in the letterhead.
Finances ...
Balance 3/15/09 $239.27
In the hat 3/25/09 12.00
Balance 4/19/09 $251.27
C. R. Thompson , Sec.,
4219 Burke Station Road,
Fairfax, VA 22032
703-978-5823,
Roster & History
Please note, this will be updated this summer. JMP 5/18/10
Maria Ivusic –
Stanley 10315 Ford Road , Fairfax , VA 22030 Macalester Col. ; MA, U. of Minnesota
Membership Roster - August 2007
This is the 12th edition. It reflects current and past membership of the Society, as well as all papers presented since our founding in 1973. Copies of most of these papers are in the ALPS archives. No papers were presented between 1978 and 1983.
Peter R. Badger, 8716 Center Road , Springfield , VA 22152 US Govt. Formerly USMC Infantry officer, Vietnam Hamilton Col. ; JD, Capital U School of Law , Columbus , OH
• War Crimes in America
• The Burning of Washington
William P. Baxter, 10328 Sager Ave., #121,p Fairfax , VA 22030 LTC , USA Georgetown U. ALPS Steering Committee.
• Recent Personnel Changes in the Soviet Ministry of Defense (1/85)
• Innocent Abroad in Israel
• Is the Russian Bear Becoming a Calico Cat? (1/90)
• In the Vortex of a Crisis: The Soviet Union Today (1/91)
• Armed Forces in the Russian Federation
• The Deer Hunt (10/97)
• Baptism (4/98)
• Fit Fer A Sojer (2/99)
• Iraqi Employment of Chemical Agents in the War With Iran
Jerry Bixler, 10328 Sager Ave., Apt. 222Fairfax , VA 22030
Doris Bloch, 10092 McCarty Crest Court , Fairfax VA. Douglass College , Rutgers University George Mason University faculty as a "pioneer" in this new Fairfax
Benjamin Bush – 4504 Andes Drive , Fairfax , VA 22030
David M. Bush, 4504 Andes Drive , Fairfax , VA 22030 Research , US Ohio State U.
• Their Finest Hour Revisited: A New Commentary in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
• Guadalcanal (9/92)
• The Scientific Revolution (10/93)
• Creation Revisited: The Conjunction of Physics and Metaphysics (4/94)
• 50th Anniversary of the Battle
• Chernobyl and the Downfall of the Soviet Union (5/02)
• Transformation of the US
• The Harry Potter Phenomenon (6/04)
• The New Biology (2/06)
Robert G. Coon, 10921 Warwick Ave. , Fairfax , VA 22030 Syracuse U; Ph.D./microbiology U. Penn. ALPS charter member.
• Some Issues in Human Experimentation (11/73)
• Some Issues Involved in Human Genetic Engineering (2/76)
• Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria (4/77)
• Review: Blaming Technology: The Irrational Search for Scapegoats (4/83)
• Perspectives on World Hunger (4/86)
• Perspectives in Biological Warfare (11/90)
• Perspectives on the Hot Zone (5/96)
• Is the City of Fairfax
• Commentary on Unrestricted Warfare (9/01)
• Is Fairfax , VA
• On Avian Flu (3/06)
Susan is now totally retired, and was an Administrative assistant, Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists; former geographer at Dept. Interior; analyst for DOD; mother of six children. Currently, free-lance writer for Hexagon; fine artist with commission underway; she now writes plays, short stories and nonfiction. BS, Foreign Service from Georgetown U.
• Whom The Gods Destroy, (9/98)
• The Peppermint Pumpkin (6/00)
• Warrior Politics by Robert Kaplan: A Book Review (5/02)
• The Games We Played (4/04)
Richard J. Devan - P. O. Box 1031 , Romney , WV 26757 Chicago , IL Honolulu , HI , when Pearl Harbor was attacked!) until his family settled in the Central Valley of California when he was 9. He graduated from the College of the Pacific with a degree in civil engineering. After serving in the Army (at Arlington Hall and the Pentagon) he worked briefly as a civil engineer in California West Virginia Maryland or Pennsylvania ALPS website manager.
• Pope Pius XII and The Second World War (10/05)
Sam Eisen, 3831 Chantal Lane, Fairfax , VA 22031
• The Benefits and Pitfalls of International Investing (4/95)
Esther N. Elstun, Ph. D. Fairfax , VA. Colorado College ; MA and Ph. D, Rice University
• Thomas Mann and His Politics (2/96)
• Two Short Stories by Hermann Hesse - A Discussion (3/97)
• Carl Schurz: German Revolutionary, American Statesman (11/98)
• Images of a Divided Germany in Christa Wolfe’s Novel, The Quest for Christa T.
(3/00)
• Europe Through a Feminist Austrian’s Eyes – Lilian Faschinger’s Novel: Magdalena
the Sinner (10/02)
• "Being" and "Otherness" Revisited: A Discussion of Luise Rinser's Hinkela (11/05)
Alfred N. Fowler, 8945 Glenbrook Road , Fairfax , VA 22031 George Washington U.
• The Race to the South Pole 1911-to 1912, (3/84)
• Aviation Safety in Antarctica , (5/91)
• Governance of Antarctica (6/97)
Richard Geller 9126 Christopher St. , Fairfax , VA , 22031 Los Angeles and moved to Virginia Silicon Valley venture capitalists. He has presented at forums including the Washington Press Club and George Washington University Maryland
• Money: Is The Dollar Dead? What Will Replace It? (2/07)
• The Democracy Religion: Should We Believe? (6/07)
Roger Hill, 4709 Guinea Road , Annandale , VA 22003 Pennsylvania Baumholder High School , in Germany , and USAF Academy Washington
• Why We Memorialize Our War Dead They Way We Do, Part 1 (10/06)
• Why We Memorialize Our War Dead They Way We Do, Part 2 (11/06)
Maria Ivusic – 922 24th St., NW Washington , DC , 20037 CIA Language School Serbia
• Kosovo (4/99)
• Boris Yeltsin (6/99)
• Heroes Are Tired (1/00)
• Lessons of Yugoslavia
• Hopes and Illusions of Changes in The Communist Regime (2/02)
• Art in Central Park - A Discussion (6/05)
• Women in East European Politics (4/07)
Chris Ivusic - 922 24th St., NW Washington , DC , 20037 Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Amherst Springfield (Mass.
• A GI in World War II Europe (5/07)
G. Lawrence Lamborn, 10306 Ranger Road , Fairfax , VA 22030 Col. El Salvador Washington U. East Asia .
• Liberation Theology: Christian Movement or Marxist Creation? (6/88)
• India : South Asia ’s Strong Man or Strawman? (4/90)
• Numismatic Reflections: Speculations on the History and Future of World Currencies
(3/94)
• Central Asia : Past Glories and Future Prospects (6/96)
• Shadows of the Caucasus : Source of Regional Prosperity Or International Conflict?
(3/99)
• New Dimensions for the Old Dominion: Evolution of Elections and Voting in VA (1/02)
• The Evolution of Local Government In VA: Distinguished Past, Daunting Future (3/03)
• Five Short Papers on Iraq
Willis E. Naeher, 13890 Chelmsford Dr., #209 Gainesville VA 20155 Scranton George Washington University Commo Center as a Code Clerk in Washington D.C. Ashville NC
Kwajalien Atoll in the Marshal Islands and to Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands . After two years, discharged with the rank of T/Sgt in Washington D.C. Berlin tunnel and the Bay of Pigs . Transferred to the Office of Communications, Dept of state as chief of the Communications Center
• The Moscow
• Cryptographer: Its Origins and Quo Vadis? (6/92)
• The Out of This World Airplane - the U2 (11/93)
• Was W.W.II A “Good” War? (10/94)
• Terrorism (11/95)
• The Evolution of The Revolution: A Study of The American Militia Movement (4/97)
• The Diplomatic Courier Service (11/97)
• The Chernobyl
• Chernobyl
• Is Europe Dying? (4/06)
Morris A. Nunes, 7247 Lee Highway , Falls Church , VA 22046 Wharton School ; BA, U. Penn; JD, Georgetown U. ALPS steering committee.
• Winston Churchill & The Philosophy of Achievement (2/84)
• Why Businesses Often Fail (11/84)
• Planning Your Own Funeral (9/85)
• In the (TV) Wasteland (2/87)
• The American Taboo (11/87)
• If Nixon Had Been Elected President (2/89)
• Truth & Consequences: A Theory of Miscommunication (5/90)
• Snipping at the Gordian Knot: Structural Approaches to Taming the Federal Budget Deficit (4/91)
• The Missing Link In Education (3/92)
• Why Ups Come Down - A Brief Essay (10/92)
• Deluge: Regulation on the Wrong Track (9/93)
• Why Lawyers Are That Way (6/94)
• Being & Otherness (11/96)
• Estate Planning & Probate in Virginia
• Reaffirming The Electoral College in the Wake of Electoral Turmoil (2/01)
• Historical Parallels in Terrorism (11/01)
• A Peculiar Hubris (5/03)
• The Dragon Game - An Exercise in Economics (2/05)
• The Best Laid Plans … The Intersection of Leadership and Strategy (3/07)
Norm and Betsy Olsen, 6309 Lee Highway , Arlington , VA 22205
Norman Olsen served in the Peace Corps in Columbia Vietnam Washington DC , Kenya , Botswana , Rwanda , Cameroon , and Uganda Washington Rwanda Cameroon , he kept the American School
• Vietnam and Iraq
• The Pedagogy of Writing (5/05) - by Betsy Olsen
Charles C. Partridge, 13434 Point Pleasant Dr. , Chantilly , VA 22021 Colonel , USA Liaison , US U. of Alabama ; MPA, Penn State U.; Command & General Staff College ; Army War College ALPS Steering Committee.
• National Service (3/90)
• The Great Health Care Debate (5/94)
• Review of The Just War by Paul Ramsay (1/01)
• Principles of War in Iraq
John Knox Partridge. Associate professor of philosophy, Wheaton Coll., Norton , MA Johns Hopkins U.
• How Morals Motivate: David Hume’s Genealogy of Moral Motivation
• Meno’s Paradox and the Drama of Dialectic (9/00)
• “Know Thyself”: The Delphic Inscription and Socratic Care of the Self (3/05)
George F. Rodgers, 3544 Queen Anne Dr. , Fairfax , VA 22030 BS , US Coast Guard Academy ALPS charter member.
• From Sign-Stimuli to Cybernetics (5/73)
• Confucius and Beethoven (4/74)
• Pilgrimage in Suburbia (5/75)
• The Modern Soviet Navy (3/77)
• Review: Heyerdahl’s Early Man and the Ocean (5/83)
• Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic
• D. H. Lawrence: Apostle of Transition (9/88)
• Dynamics of Mathematics in Life & The Physical Sciences (6/91)
• A Demonstration Project for Advanced Math in High Schools (11/92)
• Long Range Forecasting for Fairfax City
• Book review: The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann (9/96)
• Post-Calculus Mathematics for High Schools (1/99)
• Pre-College Teaching Challenges for S&T Tracks (5/00)
• Technology Advances for Tanker Spill Problems (10/01)
• The 20% Factor For Women in S & T ((/02)
• Book Review: Constantine
• The Conquerors, and Inside the Vatican
• Book Review: “In Search of Paul” by Crossan & Reed (9/05)
• A Book Reviw: Walking The Bible, by Bruce Feiler (1/07)
Joseph Schiesl, 9680 Janet Rose Court , Manassas , VA , 20111 Elizabeth , NJ Hawaii
• How Meteorological Instruments Evolved (1/05)
Philip T. Smiley, 3603 Willoughby Point Lane , Fairfax , VA 22033 George Washington U. San Diego State Coll; MS, U of Southern California .
• The Federal Government’s Role in Higher Education (6/03)
• Sowing the Seeds of Love in a Troubled World: 3 prize-winning essays submitted to the Rotary Club of Crystal City, presented by their authors (high school sophomores)
Frank D. Spicer, 5201 Whisper Willow Dr. , Fairfax , VA 22030
William B. Staples, 10076 Daniels Run Way , Fairfax , VA 22030 Colonel , USA Gp , Vietnam U. of Washington
• Arms Control - What is the Future? (5/85)
• SALT II: Interim Restraints (6/86)
• The INF Treaty: An Explanation and Status Report (2/88)
• How Will The Bush Administration Handle Arms Control? (1/89)
• What Will The Chemical Weapons Convention Do To, or For, US? 3/93
• Chemical Weapons Treaty Implementation (6/95)
• Reorganization of Foreign Affairs Agencies (9/97)
• US
H. Eugene Thompson, 3742 Chain Bridge Road , Fairfax , VA 22030
Charles R. Thompson, 4219 Burke Station Road , Fairfax , VA 22032 LTC , US West Virginia U. ALPS , 1993-
• Social Programs in Government Procurement (9/86)
• Form and Usefulness of Biography (11/89)
• The Parson’s Cause (4/93)
• Roots of Hatred: An Overview of the Origin and History of Islam (6/02)
Charles Uphaus, 4041 Woodland Dr. , Fairfax , VA 22030
Born Missouri , 1947; B.S. from Arizona State University (1969) and M.S. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of Hawaii Nepal
He and Kathy have lived in numerous overseas locations, most recently in Bangladesh
• Justice, Righteousness and the Prophetic Tradition (5/06)
Otto W. Will, III, 10114 Ballynahown Circle , Fairfax , VA 22030-2491 George Washington U.
Robert A. Wright, 4339 Majestic Lane , Fairfax , VA 22033 USA Brown U.
• Uncharted Economic Waters (2/86)
• Report to James Madison: Virginia
• 1992 E.C. Street
• Mayopia: A Squint at the Ancient Mayas (1/92)
• Rights of Passage: The Philosophy of Human Rights (1/94)
• European Monetary Dis-union (2/97)
Presentations by Former ALPS Members
Bobby Anderson, On Financing a War (9/95); A Synopsis of Early Medicine (10/96)
Leon Boothe: Democracy and Foreign Policy, 12/73; The US & The Middle East Dilemma: An Overview, 10/74; One Historian Looks at The Bicentennial, 3/76
Dennis J. Bowden: The Russian Revolutions of 1917 and 1991: A Brief Comparison (2/92)
J. Howe Brown: John Quincy Adams & The Jubilee of the Constitution, 10/83; Issues in Felony Sentencing in Virginia
Omar Buchwalter: Moral Education: Is It Possible? 2/75; Developments of Anti-Jewish Sentiments in the New Testament, 2/78
John J. Burke: Freedom of Information: How Much Is Too Much? 10/88
Thomas Coldwell: US Navy Memorial: A Living Memorial on America Main Street
Gerald J. “Jerry” Coutant: The National Forests: The Lands Nobody Wanted (4/96)
* William W. Cover: ALPS charter member. Toward a New Cosmology, 3/73; Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts and Issues, 4/76; ALPS Redux: Origins and Policies, with Brief Bio of Founder, 5/84; Westmoreland vs CBS, et al., 12/84; The American Character, or, David M. Potter’s People of Plenty 1/86; The English Civil War & the “Puritan Revolution”, 1642-1660, 5/87; Mr. Jefferson’s Army, 10/89; Discussant: The Situation in the Middle East, 10/90; Discussant: The Crisis in the Persian Gulf, 2/91
Donald L. Cummings, Conflict in Northwest Africa , (2/90); NAFTA: A Mexican Perspective (5/93)
Michael Devan: Cold Fusion: Power For The Future (5/99)
* Leslie V. Dix: ALPS charter member. Privacy: Some Considerations (2/74); The Right of Privacy Extended: Abortion (Roe vs Wade) (11/75); Constitutional Convention? (On Tugwell’s Compromising of the Constitution) (2/77); A Selection of Recent Cases Sounding in Tort (9/83); Interpreting the Amended Constitution (11/85); The US
William J. D. Escher: The Inevitability of Non-Fossil Energy - Disaster or Opportunity ? (9/94)
The Sling of David on the Moon: The Lunatron Concept (5/95)
Robert A. Gessert: US Arms Export Policy and Weapons Cooperation, 3/78
Harley Grimm, Communication Satellites Come of Age, 9/74; The Computer Said That!, 6/76
* Edward B. Gross ALPS Charter Member. What’s Going on Here? (10/73) Lifeboat Drills on the Titanic(4/74) Extrasensory Phenomenology (5/74) The Titanic Revisited (14 months later) (9/75) Genesis or Evolution (1/06)
J. Mauri Hamilton, Is It Impressionism or Neo-Impressionism? (2/93), Existentialism (3/95)
Ronald G. Hoopes, Oberammergau
* Toshio Hoshide, Personal Justice Denied: The Evacuation of Civilians in World War II, 3/87
* Harry W. Johnson, On Creationism (1/96)
* Fred C. Lewis: Atheism in the US
Joseph C. Luman: Statues & Pigeons, Heroes & You, 4/84; The Most Powerful Fiction I Perceive, 3/86; Helping Hands, Out, Up, or Off? 3/89; Associations - An American Disease, 9/91
* Jack Manley: Review: Lefevre’s Understandings of Man, 6/73
Ron McRae: Psychic Arms Race?, 11/83; Living Insane in an Insane World, 9/84
Benjamin Nunez: A Survey of Slavery in Latin America , 3/85
Richard B. O’Keeffe, Sr.: A Translation from Two Sandinista Texts, 1893 & 1981, 4/88
* Merton S. Parsons: Review: Galbraith’s Economics of Consciousness, 9/73; World Food and World Population, 6/75
Richard A. Pledger: Predicting Presidential Performance, 10/84; The Beauty of Mathematics, 4/87
F. Gary Powers, The U-2 Incident: A Personal Overview (6/98)
A. Vance Renfroe: Decay of Democracy’s Birthplace: Social Values, Political Necessity (6/87); China’s Economy: The Golden Ricebowl (10/87); TR As Commander in Chief (6/90); The Psalter: A Mirror of Hebrew Culture (3/91); Picking Up the Splinters of the Former Soviet Union (2/94); Russia and a New World Order: The Next Chapter (5/97); A Reading of Original Poems (2/98); The Future of Tenure: Can This Dinosaur Tiptoe Through the Tar Pit? ( 10/99); An Instance of the Fingerpost: Justanotre University & The Violin Player (4/00); National Security & Higher Education in the Knowledge Age (10/00); An Overview and Comparison of Selected National Security Leadership Preparation Programs in Major Institutions of Higher Education in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area (6/01)
John Salmon: Psychology of Consciousness, 9/73; Tribalism and World Politics, 9/76; Abraham Before His Time: The Ebla
William Schultheiss: Understanding the Artificial, 4/75; Intelligence in Government, 12/76
* George T. Schultz: Singular Passion (10/98)
Lee Swan: Mantras, Mandalas, and Mudras, 1/74
Howard S. Teague: Soviet Agriculture, 2/85
Otto F. Unsinn: Congress and the Military, 6/84
Art Warner: Energy in the US
* Charles E. Waterman: Reflections on Being a Prisoner By Choice (5/77); Goethe: An Appreciation (3/83), (5/92); 40 Years After: A Corporal’s-Eye View of D-Day/Utah Beach. (6/84); Detective Story: Search For Our Proto-Indo-European “Cousins” (3/88); Bastille Day 200 (4/89); Biblical Criticism: A Microscope on Holy Writ (11/91)
* Eston T. White: Dissidence in the Soviet Union, 10/86
Jay Wilson: Some Current Controversies in Evolutionary Biology, 6/85
* Deceased
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