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Showing posts with label 100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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I grew up near the sea, several miles from the Atlantic Ocean north of Boston.  While the sea was always near, it was also remote for me. Ou...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

My Never-Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette OpEd

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I wrote this article at the request of David Mills of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  It was never published.  I wrote the article after readi...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

My FM Metal Music Life in the Early 70s

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December 19, 1969, I got my  driver's license. I was so happy with that monumental event that I have celebrate the anniversary of my dri...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Seeking Purpose for Life is Dangerous--Just Live: The transcript.

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Yogi Sadhguru Here is the link to my first post after hearing a talk by Yogi Sadhguru on YouTube.  All around us, those who seek a God-given...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Ukraine Attacks Russian Air Force--Destroys 40 Bombers

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  In a brilliant and daring raid Ukraine destroyed 40 Russian strategic bombers and other high-value aircraft.  Over the past 18months, Ukra...
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Bureaucrat of Death: Adolf Eichmann and the Machinery of the Holocaust

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(This post is edited and improved by ChatGPT. The original version is here .)  In 1932, Adolf Eichmann was an unemployed Austrian drifting t...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

First Car Purchase in Twenty Years (And a ChatGPT experiment)

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  A New Prius and a Lifetime of Vehicles Today, my wife and I bought a 2017 Toyota Prius. It replaces our old 2001 Prius, which we donated ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Ten Countries I Want to Visit

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  Mount Fuji, Japan My travel is mostly guided by opportunities.  For instance, in the fall, I plan to meet two friends in Europe and travel...
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Flying to the USA Today--With an Unusual Travel Accessory (for me)

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Today the nine-month sojourn in Panama ends with two flights back to the USA.  Because the trip was really a temporary move, I had a very un...
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Monday, May 12, 2025

The Nazi Apprentice: Eichmann Sent Thousands of Jews to Palestine Before He Sent Millions to Death Camps

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Adolf Eichmann on Trial in Jerusalem In 1932, Adolf Eichmann was an unemployed Austrian who went to Germany to join the Nazi Party. He need...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Potholes in Panama City, Panama

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In 10 days I will end my nine-month stay in Panama City, Panama. I loved many things about my stay here and met many great people.  But ridi...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Trump Fan Suddenly Worried About Liberty: Rod Dreher Realizes Trump Could Threaten White Christians Too!!

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Rod Dreher  I wrote this essay/review after reading The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher in 2017. This tireless exponent of Christian National...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Trust the Science: An Atom of Insight About What "Trusting Science" Means

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  The first thing to say about my lovely graphic is that John Dalton  proposed his theory of atomism in 1803, not 1903.   The rest of the da...
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Friday, April 25, 2025

Visiting BioMuseo in Panama

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Last weekend, I finally visited the Bimuseo on the Amador Causeway in Panama City.  It presents the amazing biodiversity of the newest par...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Advocating for Ukraine: Telling Our Representatives That Ukraine is the Front Line of Freedom and Democracy

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The Pennsylvania Delegation of the Ukraine Action Summit At the beginning of April, I flew back to America to be part of the Ukraine Action ...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Has the Invasion Begun? No Ships at the South End of the Panama Canal

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The view from the Amador Causeway.  No ships at the south end of the Panama Canal. Just after midnight today I returned to Panama after two ...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

"You Can Tell Who Boozes by the Company He Chooses" Another of my Dad's Axioms

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  Lt.George Gussman in 1943 One of my Dad's favorite axioms for life is the phrase "You Can Tell Who Boozes by the Company He Choos...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Living at the Beach in Vina del Mar, Chile

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For two weeks I lived across the road from the beach at Vina del Mar, Chile. The weather was lovely--high 60s (20C) during the day and low 5...
Monday, March 24, 2025

George Washington to Donald Trump--Falling into a National Abyss

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  George Washington was a brave and passionate young man who by will and desire controlled his internal fires. He made himself the stern man...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Chilean Sunset--Riding in Another Country South of the Equator

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For the next ten days I will be in Chile before returning to Panama.  I got a bike yesterday, so I will have a week of riding the hills abov...