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Friday, June 3, 2022

Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy by Hannah Arendt: Book 20 of 2022

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This book is on my list because it was the subject of the Virtual Reading Group at the Hannah Arendt Center for politics and Humanities at...
Thursday, June 2, 2022

Le grec ancien facile par Marie-Dominique Poree: Book 19 of 2022

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For more than a year, I have read this little book a page or two at a time.  It is a review of Ancient Greek grammar for Francophone student...

A Veteran Talks About His Family at the Dick Winters Leadership Memorial

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Dick Winters Leadership Memorial, Ephrata, Pennsylvania On Memorial Day I visit the grave and the memorial statue of Major Dick Winters who ...
Monday, May 30, 2022

The Netanyahus: A Funny Novel About A Job Interview Gone Very Wrong. Book 18 of 2022

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 A couple of weeks ago, I listened to an interview of American novelist  Joshua Cohen on the Ha'aretz Weekly podcast. Host Allison Ka...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis: Book 17 of 2022

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I loved Perelandra   by C.S. Lewis when I first read it almost forty years ago. I re-read it in the 90s, but have not re-read it in this ce...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

Flying to Kyiv from New York on February 24--The Flight Ended in Warsaw

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Today at #RazomforUkriane, I worked with a Nikita.  He is a 36-year-old project manager for a U.S.-based utility company. As we assembled IF...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Talking Musicals, Radio, War Movies and Tanks at #RazomforUkraine

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  I arrived late for my shift at Razom today. PA Route 222 stopped for miles outside of Ephrata.  I slithered off the highway in the breakdo...