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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Reminder

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

One last reminder, that Ned Lamont will be joining us for Drinking Liberally, tomorrow at 6:30 (Ned may arrive closer to 7:00) at the Bulkeley House in New London. Come join us and meet Ned. By the way, in response to a fellow who commented on the first announcement I made on this subject, we’d […]

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Question Time

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

I’m not sure about this. In the wake of Obama’s performance last week, in which he made the Republicans look bad by being reasonable and rational, a number of people are demanding the equivalent of the British Question Time here in the U.S. It certainly would be good to institutionalize a procedure in which the […]

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Like Children

Monday, February 1, 2010

There is a trick you can use on children, providing they’re young enough. It’s often called “reverse psychology”, and it consists of, for instance, offering an obstreperous youngster something you don’t want him to have, in the expectation that he will insist on the opposite. It’s often hard to manipulate anyone older than four with […]

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Not the way I remember it

Monday, February 1, 2010

From a letter in this morning’s Day: As nonresident taxpayers in Groton, we contact the town every fall to find out if there are any referendum items that would impact the general fund mill rate. We then make it a point to vote responsibly on the issue(s) come November. To our surprise, we were told […]

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