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Were Number 42!

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

In a recent post I passed on the view of the Economist that the United States was ranked number 17 in the standings of Democratic countries. Given the number of countries in the world, that still gave us a chance to make the playoffs, but it is still somewhat dispiriting to know you’re trailing Malta […]

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Insuring the rich stay rich

Monday, August 13, 2007

Must reading by Dean Baker at Truthout (Welfare as We Know It Now): In the days before welfare reform, single mothers could collect five or six hundred dollars a month without working. That was what welfare looked like before 1996. In the Internet Age, welfare is about having the government do everything it can to […]

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This and that from Vermont

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Internet access has been more sporadic than usual this year, accounting for the small number of posts I have inflicted on the world recently. The lack of access, combined with the fact that we haven’t been buying newspapers, means that I am blissfully unaware of the bad news that I am sure is filling the […]

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Simpsons Redux

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

The Town of Springfield, Vermont is thinking of starting a museum commemorating its first in the nation showing of the Simpsons Movie. So reports the Eagle Times, Springfield’s local paper. You won’t, for some reason, find the story on the web. At least it’s not yet up. My search on the site for “Simpsons” revealed, […]

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Visiting Springfield

Monday, August 6, 2007

Neither we nor our visitors here in Vermont had seen the Simpsons Movie, and we all agreed that today, which started out rainy, would be the perfect day to see the movie in Springfield, Vermont, where it received its world premiere. We took in the matinee at the bargain price of $5.00 each. Here’s proof, […]

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Vacation-Day 1

Sunday, August 5, 2007

It is with mixed emotions that I must report that my usual source of free internet service here at our vacation place in Vermont seems to have dried up this year. On the one hand, it means I can’t keep up with what’s going on in the world, making it difficult for me to blog. […]

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Light posting ahead

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Saturday we make our annual trek to Vermont, and I’ll likely be pretty busy tomorrow getting ready. I’m hoping that once again once we get there we will have free Wi-Fi leaking into the house we are renting. In any event, for the next couple of days, you won’t be hearing much from me. By […]

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Our new art acquisition

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Last week I mentioned that my wife and I bought a painting by a young artist named Adam Peiffer at the Art on Groton Bank art show. This being a very hot Sunday, inducing extreme laziness, rather than doing any more thinking, I am just going to post a picture of Adam’s painting. From what […]

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Friday night music

Friday, July 27, 2007

Bruce Springsteen singing We Shall Overcome: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovgPaVwgpdw[/youtube]

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Satan’s minions, Bronx Division

Sunday, July 22, 2007

A Yankee Fan admits the obvious, in a very funny article in the New York Times: [E]very baseball season is a narrative, and this would have been much too early an exit for the villain of the piece. What is “Othello” without Iago, after all? That’s “Othello” the play, not the character. Othello the character […]

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