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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Who Fights Our Wars: Soldiers Swept into War After 9-11

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 I met Chris at a protest in Philadelphia. I saw his digital camouflage raincoat in the crowd and introduced myself. I was wearing a shirt o...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Amtrak Finally Allows Bikes--And Charges More for Them Than for Passengers

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  For 25 years I have ridden the Amtrak's Keystone trains between Lancaster and Philadelphia, as well as regional trains between Washing...

Defenders of God Want Theocracy and Death

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Defenders of God always have a good reason to kill In eight weeks, millions of American Evangelicals and Catholics will vote to re-elect the...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Choppers: MAGA on Two Wheels

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  I love motorcycles.  I love sleek, fast machines that can track a perfect line through a high-speed turn and have power-to-weight ratios t...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Russian Escort Service: My volunteer job at the Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony

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I am an Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony volunteer. My job at the annual ceremony each year is to escort Russian Channel One (Первей Канал). Here is...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Bike Racing Embarrassment: “What a big one!”

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    At most bicycle races, we deal with pre-race nervousness by riding to a tree and facing away from the road or waiting in line at a Port-...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Vote Trump to Support Israel? Not This American Jew!

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    I know Jews in America and Israel who support re-electing the current President based in part on his support for Israel.  I can understa...