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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Ig Nobel Moment on a German Train

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Brain activity in dead salmon On the train from Utrecht to Frankfurt, I sat at a table with Max, a German man in his thirties on the way to ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Escher Museum, The Hague

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While I was in The Hague, capital of The Netherlands, I visited the M.C. Escher museum. His works are illusions within illusions. Here are s...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Anxious people. A Novel. By Fredrik Backman.

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  I just finished Anxious People: A novel by Fredrik Backman.   It is hilarious. Really. Actual Laugh Out Loud Hilarious. Below is the firs...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

This Week I Joined the Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard

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  This week I joined the Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard. A veteran helicopter pilot I know suggested I join the group. The This Week Red Rose...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Revisiting the Line Between Good and Evil

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More than three decades ago, I read A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich  by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. This short book brought him out of obsc...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Masha Gessen Wins 2023 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thinking

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  Masha Gessen at the annual conference of the  Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College  Activist and writer Masha Gessen has won the 2023 Hann...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Museum of American Armor, Long Island, New York: Model Collection

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  In addition to the big collection of armored vehicles at the Museum of American Armor in Long Island, the museum has an impressive collec...