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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Fetterman Backs Ukraine 100%! Ukraine Action Summit, Washington DC

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  Members of the Pennsylvania delegation of the Ukraine Action Summit  on the steps of the Senate with Senator John Fetterman (middle, last ...
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Saturday, October 21, 2023

Friendship & Politics: 15th Annual Conference at the Hannah Arendt Center, Bard College

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Two of my favorite subjects in life and in philosophy are Friendship and Politics.  So I was delighted to attend the 15th Annual Conference ...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

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In 1997, the Italian novelist Umberto Eco wrote an essay titled "Ur-Fascism" describing the 14 characteristics of fascism. His lit...
Friday, October 6, 2023

Yom Kippur War, 50th Anniversary, Remembering the Carnage of Armor

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A Syrian Tank in the Golan, 1973 On 2pm on October 6, 1973, near the end of the Yom Kippur fast by Jews, Egypt and Syria, backed by auxillia...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Ig Nobel Prizes 2023

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The 2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on September 14. Video and details of the ceremony are at improba...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

Post COVID, Laundromats are Lonely Places

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In three of the seven countries I visited on this trip, I went to a laundromat. When you travel with just a backpack, clean clothes run out ...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Eurail Pass App--So Much Better and Cheaper than Tickets

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When I wrote about airlines, good and bad, my conclusion was: choose the airline with the best app, because data matters .  This year I boug...