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Daily Archives: June 6th, 2008

Friday Night Music-Bo Diddley

Friday, June 6, 2008

I have to confess that I have no recollection of Bo Diddley. He may have peaked on the charts before my time, which certainly proves he was a rock pioneer. But since he died this week, I thought I’d scout around and find some of his stuff. First, something I never knew, but found out […]

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Drinking Liberally, a report

Friday, June 6, 2008

My wife and I were beginning to worry that attendance at our Drinking Liberally group would tail off this month, but I’m glad to report: not so. In fact, we had a number of new attendees, including an additional recruit from the Sub base, who came together with another sailor who had also come last […]

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Sexism in the campaign

Friday, June 6, 2008

For a lot of us who supported Obama, Hillary’s refusal to quit was infuriating, since we wanted to get to the main event. A lot of her supporters were convinced that she was done in by sexism, and though that’s not the whole truth (I still say she would have won going away if she […]

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