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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Celebrating a Million Views; Almost 2,000 Posts; Top Posts are Cold War, Iraq War and WWII

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  A Million Views When I started this blog it was to record my deployment to Iraq in 2009-10. I landed at Camp Adder on my 56th birthday and...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Democrats Must Claim Patriotism, Family Values

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At my Synagogue, our Monday Book Discussion Group is reading Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sa...
Monday, March 8, 2021

Field Guide to Domestic Terrorists: Qanon

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On January 6 when domestic terrorists invaded the U.S. Capitol Building, killed and maimed cops and sought to kill lawmakers, the Qanon cons...
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...