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Monday, March 27, 2023

A Visit to the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

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In the middle of Indianapolis is a lovely little museum devoted to the life and works of a brilliant and crazy author of more than a dozen n...
Friday, March 17, 2023

Big Conspiracy Theories in a Small Town

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  I was in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, today. A small town north of Lancaster. I wanted coffee and saw there were three coffee shops near the...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Sonnets by William Shakespeare

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Last year I read C.S. Lewis'  English Literature in the Sixteenth Century excluding drama  and decided to re-read the Sonnets. In his hi...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

George Soros: Republicans Make Up Ridiculous Lies to Discredit a Great Man

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  George Soros, Holocaust survivor as a teenager Last night I talked with a friend from the Army in the 1970s. He voted for Trump twice and...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Putting the People You Love in Hell: Dante and Ser Brunetto

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  In Canto 15 of Inferno  Dante speaks with his former mentor Ser Brunetto Latini.  His sin is not named, but it is sodomy.  He is in Hell f...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Putting My Books in Alphabetical Order

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  A month ago, after looking for a book, I decided to re-shelve of my physical books in alphabetical order by author.  In the process, I rem...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall

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  Earlier this year I wrote about my seven favorite books from the fifty I read last year. Tied for second place was Tim Marshall's boo...