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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Today is Ukraine Independence Day, and Six Months Since the Start of the Russian Invasion

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  Today is the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, the day it broke free of the Soviet Union and became an independent nation.  ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman Book 30 of 2022

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  At the beginning of his third lecture/chapter in the book QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter , Richard Feynman says: Most of the...

Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis. Book 28 of 2022

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  I re-read this book as a break from reading the intensely analytical translation of the Psalms by Robert Alter. All of Alter's work t...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini and Hitler. Book 27 of 2022

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  Pope Pius XII has had an ambiguous history until the opening of the Vatican archives this book was based on. The Pope at War: The Secret H...

Courage, Like All of Life, is Non-Linear

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Sir Lewis Hamilton, 7-time Formula 1 World Champion Courage, like so much of life, is non-linear.  Lewis Hamilton has won more races than an...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Life-Long Bike Obsession Began with a Trike Trip

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"Suicide Cycling Around the World" That's the title a former co-worker said I should use for a memoir.  Another friend was enc...
Monday, August 15, 2022

The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Hannah Arendt: Book 26 of 2022

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Hannah Arendt was very much a public intellectual. She was willing to speak and be interviewed on radio and TV and in public settings.  The ...