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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Movies in the Time of Corona: Blue, White, Red--A Trilogy

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As part of my personal Corona Film Festival, I watched the trilogy Blue, White, Red:  Three Colours.  These magnificent stories of lo...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Birthday Rides!!! 67km of Fun at 67 Years Old

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The Ben Franklin Bridge, connecting Philadelphia and Camden For my 67th birthday, I rode 67 km in four separate rides, mostly on hills ...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Three Tankmen, Три Танкистa--A Soviet Song About a Tank Crew

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There are not a lot of songs about tank crews.  The 75th Anniversary of VE Day is very soon. Here is a song about those of us who are Tan...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Two Rides, Two Days, Same Time of Day, Completely Different Rides

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Riding the same route, the exact same roads, every day on a bicycle can be an entirely different ride each time.  This is certainly true o...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Salary as an Expression of Equality: Democracy in America

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I was listening to a translator of "Democracy in America" talk about how carefully Alexis de Tocqueville chose words to express ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Two Rides in Paris; Two Decades Ago

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In September 2000 I made two trips to Europe to attend several business meetings.  Both trips took me to Paris, first for three days, t...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020

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April 21 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.  If you do not know the history of the Holocaust in some detail, you may think of the Holocaust a...