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All the words are in English but…

Saturday, January 6, 2024

We’re all used to politicians, particularly the lying liars in the Republican camp, responding (I won’t use the word “answering” as that doesn’t quite describe it) to questions by spewing a word salad that not only does not answer the question, but is often incomprehensible. But politicians are hardly alone in coming up with whole […]

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A look ahead with added random thoughts

Saturday, December 30, 2023

The year is coming to an end. Almost every year, if not every year that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve written a year end post speculating about the coming year. For instance, at the end of 2019 I was both totally prescient so far as predicting that Joe Biden would be nominated and elected […]

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Election reaction

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

I spent all of yesterday registering new voters here in Groton. A slow day on that front, but to be expected, given the fact that there were only local elections taking place. I’ll be doing the same thing next year, and I very much doubt I’ll be able to play multiple Sudoko games, read a […]

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Roots in the past

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I’m proofreading my son’s new book, which is about, in part, the national conversation among politicians and intellectuals just before, during, and shortly after the Civil War. He relates that one strand of thought was to the effect that, after the Civil War, it was necessary […]

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Do I meander? Very well then, I meander

Monday, August 7, 2023

It has been several weeks since I’ve posted anything, primarily because we have had family visiting here or in Vermont for the last several weeks. We returned from Vermont Saturday, and spent most of Sunday taking my brother in law to the Providence airport as he began his trip back to Paris. We spent a […]

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It takes all kinds

Sunday, April 23, 2023

I’ve never been a big Twitter fan (or a fan at all), and I deleted my hardly used account shortly after Elon Musk took over. Still, I can’t avoid reading about his serial displays of ineptitude as he continues to do his best to destroy the platform. This article at Above the Law discusses the […]

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An additional bright side to yesterday’s election

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

We can certainly celebrate Senator Warnock’s victory over the former football player. The country has come to a bad place when a major political party sees fit to nominate someone who is obviously brain damaged, in addition to all his other issues. There is yet another bright side to Warnock’s victory, besides the political. At […]

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Election Reflections

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

I still haven’t totally unwound from my pre-election fetal position, as I still can’t bring myself to look at my blogs and other news sources to see how things are going in detail, though my general sense is that the march toward fascism has been somewhat slowed, but certainly not averted. I spent Election Day […]

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Some random thoughts

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

A month ago I speculated that Fox might be abandoning Trump. Since then both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post (both Murdoch properties) have decidedly distances themselves from the genius. As to Fox? Well, as the wicked witch noted while plotting to do in Dorothy, these things must be done slowly. But, […]

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The Year Ahead

Saturday, January 1, 2022

In the past, as the new year approached, I’ve often posted predictions for the coming year. I haven’t always been right, but I think I have a pretty good track record. This year I’ve got almost nothing. There are some things that are a given. The media, particularly the broadcast media, will, by and large […]

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