Epidemic and Pandemic
Photo by Tai's Captures on Unsplash We have been hearing the words epidemic and pandemic a lot recently.…
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Birthday Blues
Photo by Alex Holyoake on Unsplash Last year, I had an amazingly bad birthday. I…
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A Good Illustration of the Problem With the News
A few days ago, Qasem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike. That's probably…
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Photo by Elijah O'Donnell on Unsplash I'm facing something of a dilemma. 2020 is looking…
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Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Caroll Spinney died today. He was 85. His death makes me awfully sad. He was…
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The First Snow of the Season
We had our first snow of the season yesterday. That's always an occasion worth marking.…
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The Arts
Chewbacca
I heard the news earlier today that Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, died.…
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Some Ranting
I haven't written anything in a little bit now. Part of that has been that…
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Philosophy
I Don’t Really Want Anything
[caption id="attachment_2324" align="aligncenter" width="3456"] Photo by Deniz Altindas on Unsplash[/caption] Before I start, I want…
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Politics
The New York Times Shouldn’t Have Published The Anonymous Op-Ed
I wasn’t on the editorial side of opinion writing for very long, but a conversation…