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Where do we go from here?
This is the question left to the country after the NH primary. It settled some things but left others still in doubt. Like Fareed Zakaria on CNN news I have a “take” on some things and here is mine on NH and more broadly, the Presidential contest after NH How is Trump doing with his party?–Pretty well,…
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Long evening but short answers
It was a long evening if you chose to watch last night. I chose not to after the first reports established that Trump was going to win easily, something about 90% of the serious viewers were expecting. I might have watched a little more if the combination of a long, cold, hard day and a couple of…
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Leader AWOL, competitors nervous
The last debate begore the primary/caucus season begins is tonight in Iowa. Far from the stage full of Republican hopefuls we saw a few months ago, we are now down to two, one time SC Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and FL Gov Ron DeSantis. Not that there aren’t others who are still trying. The most notable…
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My animal(s)
I have to go with the cat–or cats, if you will–when I was growing up it was definitely uncool for guys to like cats. But I did and still do.(Actually, TV commercials seem to be trying to indicate guys can be cat-lovers too, now–progress!!)Actually, I’m one of those (unusual?)people who deeply loves both dogs and cats,…
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Some reading at Christmas–but maybe not Christmas reading
Like last year I have chosen to tell you about some reading I think you might find enjoyable and/or inspiring and/or interesting. It is not “Christmas reading”in the the way people usually use that term since it has nothing directly to do with Christmas. But since it invites you into the considerations of religious philosophy–questions…
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The Republicans, Steve & Edie, and the Editor of the National Review
I watched most of the Republican debate last night, though I admit to nodding off towards the end. I also watched TV, mostly CNN, this morning to see how people were reacting. Here are a few immediate(therefore suspect, but I hope passably and decently considered)reactions of mine– Vivek Ramaswamy–I praised his intelligence and articulation about…
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Current reading
I am reading the delectable Anne Lamott’s “Hallelujah Anyway.” Anne is the funniest, saddest, feistiest and most lovable advocate for Christianity you are likely to find. She likes to ask things such as if there is love and mercy at the center of the universe, then why is everything so screwed up? Her answers are…
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The Poet of the Mean Streets
“Small Mercies” by Dennis Lehane, Copywright 2023, Harper Collins, 299 pgs It is not easy, at first anyway, to classify Dennis Lahane as a writer. He’s not quite a mystery writer though his books are often whodunits of a sort along with other things. “Crime writer” would likely be a better description because he nearly…
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I am absorbed by reading about the outbreak of Word War I. How did this mess, which destroyed a civilization, and a century and more later is still affecting the world, come about? Who were the main characters? What about the political, economic, and diplomatic events and trends which were involved? Whose “fault” was it?…
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Halloween– Notes & Movies
I don’t really have time to do anything elaborate or nearly so on Halloween. The circumstances of the country, the world, and myself have conspired to make it difficult to do everything I want to do on time. This is too bad because it is, in a weird and contradictory way, one of my favorite…
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