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Monday, May 9, 2022

Making Jokes While Packing Medical Supplies for Ukraine

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  Four days last week, I was working in a warehouse in New Jersey, part of a team of #RazomforUkraine volunteers assembling Individual First...

Victory Day, May 9, Is Also the Day I Broke 13 of 40 Bones

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May 9 is the date Russia and several former Soviet countries celebrate victory over the Nazis.  Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered ver...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas Ricks Book 15 of 2022

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 The very long title and subtitle of this book comprise a good summary of its content from beginning to end.  The founders of America were d...
Sunday, May 1, 2022

Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua (The Tiger Mom) Book 14 of 2022

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Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations  Yale Law Professor Amy Chua set off a firestorm in the world of parenting with he...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Jews by Choice: Those who choose to be part of a long-persecuted faith/community

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  This week Jews around the world mark the Holocaust Remembrance Day. For me, this day is a swirl of sadness and disbelief that such an atr...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Back to LeMans: another look at a the greatest endurance race course

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Part of my visit to France in February was a long walk around the race course at Circuit de Sarthe where the 24-hour race at LeMans is held....
Friday, April 15, 2022

Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen: Book 13 of 2022

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  There are many Leonard Cohen s. All of them occupied the same body born September 21, 1934, in Quebec, Canada, that passed away on Novembe...