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"The world would be a much better place if only everyone would simply do exactly as I say." -- Gore Vidal

Monday, February 27, 2023

Revisiting Brideshead

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Back in the early 1980s (here we go...), the phrase "binge watching" had not yet emerged.  Instead, PBS broadcast the 11-episode ...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Pickett's Charge - the most-useful metaphor of All Time

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I've been to Gettysburg only twice, although for seven years I lived in Baltimore and could have driven there most any weekend.   The fi...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

The Letter that Didn't Change my Life

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Now that I am approaching 70, and recovering (I hope) from a back injury that has limited my mobility, Karen suggested that, rather than lyi...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

the best Christmas song of all time

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I was introduced to Christmas songs in Kindergarten.  Before then, I had not heard any, due to the simple fact that, there in 1956, I was a ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

a sincere question

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A 'pro-Life' advocate was interviewed on NPR this morning, expressing her joy in the new member of the Supreme Court.  I am, once ag...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Jonas Salk spoiled us

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People of a certain age - I always felt that that phrase referred to people OLDER than me, alas - certainly remember the hoopla when the Sal...
Saturday, September 05, 2020

'Owning the Libs' is Job #1. Why?

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A friend posted a web piece by a guy who was sincerely trying to understand local acquaintances who were dedicated Trump voters.  This excha...
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