Category: D. Allan Kerr
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The DEI Issue Might Be a WASP Issue
By D. Allan Kerr Our DEI Problem could just be a WASP Problem. After a horrific, fatal air collision involving a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, I actually found myself hoping none of those involved in an official capacity were Black,…
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Musk Played Trump and Got Even Richer
By D. Allan Kerr Now we understand why super-billionaire Elon Musk was pogoing on stage at that Donald Trump rally back in October. Musk, already the richest man on the planet before the 2024 election, has practically doubled his wealth…
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We’re Living the Era of Kick-Ass Chicks
By D. Allan Kerr During this past Super Bowl Sunday, featuring two immensely talented and entertaining football teams, I found myself obsessed with a female college basketball player. That’s a sentence I never expected to write in my life. Such…
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Trump Had His Potus Shot and Blew It, Bigly
By D. Allan Kerr Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 re-election campaign by saying he wanted to return America to the glory of 2020. Apparently, as seems to be happening quite a bit lately, Trump doesn’t have a precise recollection…
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Beating the Hospitality Shell Game
By D. Allan Kerr This space is employed to express opinions on a variety of topics. Sometimes people disagree with those opinions and sometimes people get genuinely ticked off at me for spouting them. But trust me, this is one…
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The Grenada Operation 40 Years Ago
By D. Allan Kerr The U.S. invasion of the tiny Caribbean nation of Grenada is basically a footnote in the annals of American history. For some of us, though, it represents a rather jarring reminder of how fast time can…
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Jeremiah O’Brien Should Be a Historical Household Name
By D. Allan Kerr You can’t blame an old-school Navy town like my adopted home of Kittery, Maine, for hyping any connection to the legendary Father of the American Navy, John Paul Jones. Even before it was home to Portsmouth…
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NH’s Sununu Could Be GOP’s Salvation
By D. Allan Kerr I’m not just saying this as a hometown boy, and I’m reluctant to give a helpful tip to a Republican leadership which has been pretty pathetic over the past few years, but the party still has…
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JPJP Needs a Marker Makeover
By D. Allan Kerr John Paul Jones is to America’s Navy what the mythic Paul Bunyan was to the continent’s lumberjack trade – if Jones hadn’t actually existed, some imaginative soul would have been obliged to create him. The fiery…
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Imperiled Maine lobstering draws support thru fundraising events
By D. Allan Kerr A fundraiser in the small, seaside town of Kittery raised nearly $23,000 for Maine’s lobstermen. Similar events in other lobstering communities like Ogunquit and Vinalhaven previously brought in more than $50,000 in recent months. Which is…
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