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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Why Doesn't He Care About His Legacy? Why Rush Limbaugh Lied with his (literal) dying breaths

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Rush Limbaugh, 1951-2021  Some very smart people I listen to wondered aloud in the past year why Rush Limbaugh did not care about his legacy...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Machiavelli on the Problem of Monotheism

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  This week I listened to a talk by Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield.  You can watch it here  or listen to the podcast.  One thing that ca...
Monday, October 25, 2021

How Many Books are You Reading Now? A Lot.

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Every few weeks I get a version of the question, "How many books are you reading now?"  On some online book groups, the question m...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Colin Powell, an Arduous Road to Great Success

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  In 1958, when Colin Powell was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army, the former slave states still had Jim Crow laws in effect and...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Field Guide to Flying Death: With Gunships, Slower is Better

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  AC130 Gunship in the air and on the ground  Air support for troops in the Vietnam War began with the latest and fastest jets of the 1960s....
Monday, October 11, 2021

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel: The Book and the Musical

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  Two weeks ago I saw the musical "Fun Home" an adaptation of a memoir of the same name by Alison Bechdel.  A week later, I starte...
Saturday, October 9, 2021

Thinking and Feeling: The Inside, Outside Difference

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  The past and the future are infinite and meet at the moment we are thinking.  Our thinking can reach into infinity. A friend recently post...