….and nothing but the truth

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH January/February 2024

Ramesh Nyberg An Unredacted Story, aka “It’s a Small World” Back in the late 1980s, our government decided that military records and other government documents which become 50 years old can be “declassified.” In this spirit, I thought this New Year would be an appropriate time to tell you a story which has just turned 50 years old. It is a police story – and a rather typical one – which may be similar to many of the stories many…

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…AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH July/August 2022

Ramesh NybergNot in Kansas Anymore This column is a first – I’m writing it from another country. I’m in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, nearly 10,000 nautical miles from Miami, staying at my in-laws’ house. To say things are “different” would be quite the understatement. It’s culture shock at every turn. I’ve had some remarkable experiences in just the first seven days I’ve been here, but, for this column, we’ll stick to the justice system, the traffic and policing of the…