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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Cheap Train to NYC vs Fast Train--Amtrak Prices Jump--Both Up and Down

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  The trip from Lancaster PA a trip to NYC is easiest taking one Amtrak train. That train arrives in about three hours. A much cheaper al...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

A Tour of the Academie des Sciences from a Member of the Academy

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  Christian Amatore in the  Bibliothèque Mazarine in the uniform of  members of the  Academie des sciences . He is an electrochemist of g...
Sunday, August 30, 2026

The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich

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  Joseph Henrich ’s The WEIRDest People in the World : How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous is an enorm...
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Monday, August 24, 2026

How the War Was Won by Phillips Payson O’Brien

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  As a former soldier, I am naturally drawn to the great battles of World War II . Stalingrad , El Alamein, Midway and Normandy seem to be t...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

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I have read a number of histories dealing with different periods of ancient Rome , but Mary Beard ’s SPQR accomplishes something difficult:...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Seeing the Art and Meeting the Artist at Frieda

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  Frieda for Generations  is a lovely coffee shop and  an intergenerational cultural space centered on conversation and connection in   Old ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

50th Anniversary Reunion 1st Battalion 70th Armor

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  Fifty years ago Brigade 76, 4th Brigade Mechanized, 4th Infantry Division , flew to West Germany . Four thousand soldiers left Fort Carson...