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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Books 2021: Red Sea Spies by Raffi Berg

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  In the late 1970s and early 80s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews escaped from their own country, through Sudan, another state that was an enem...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Field Guide to Domestic Terrorists: The Oath Keepers

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Oath Keepers charge up the steps of the Capitol on January 6  The Oath Keepers, a white supremacist terrorist group, had a big role in the i...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Being Wrong: A Normal Part of Life We Fight and Cover Up

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  I just finished the delightful book "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error" by Kathryn Schulz. The book is full of w...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

I Became a NASCAR Fan in the Stoneham, Massachusetts, Public Library in 1961

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  Michael McDowell, the eighth driver  To win his first race at the Daytona 500 On Sunday night I stayed up past midnight to watch the final...
Monday, February 15, 2021

One Professor, Two Books, Two Americas

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Space and Time in Special Relativity   by N.David Mermin Two very good books on Special Relativity were written by the same professor at the...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Paragon Becomes Moral Relativist

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The moral absolutes of peace and prosperity can melt like snow in the Sahara when faced with a threat--real or perceived. A man devoted to l...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Field Guide to Flying Death: Dumb Bombs, Russia and Syria

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US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress dropping "dumb" bombs  on Germany in World War II  During World War II and for decades afte...