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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

America’s Zombie Democracy: Its trappings remain, but authoritarianism and AI are hollowing out our humanity. By George Packer in The Atlantic magazine

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  America’s Zombie Democracy By George Packer in The Atlantic magazine ---- We are living in an authoritarian state. It didn’t feel that wa...

Piranesi, a Novel by Susanna Clarke

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  Susanna Clarke ’s Piranesi is a compact, hypnotic novel written as the journal of a man who calls himself Piranesi—though he does not kno...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Renting a Bike from Olek's Radsport

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While staying in Darmstadt I rented a bicycle at Olek's Radsport in Einhausen. They still rent road bikes, not just city bikes or e-bike...

Berlin Airlift Memorial--Marking the First Major Confrontation of the Cold War

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The Berlin Airlift was the first major confrontation of the Cold War and one of the most audacious logistical operations ever attempted. I...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

The Majdanek Nazi Death Camp--Horror in Plain Sight

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  Majdanek was unlike any of the other death camps we visited on this trip. The others were hidden in the woods, operating in secret.  Thi...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Becoming a US Citizen While Serving in the Military

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While I was in Washington DC advocating for Ukraine , I met Lesya Jurgovsky . We were both members of the Pennsylvania delegation . She liv...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Sobibor Nazi Death Camp

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Sobibór , deep in the forests of eastern Poland near the Bug River , was one of the most secret and lethal of the Nazi death camps. Built in...