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Sunday, June 30, 2024

In Terror of Ducatis on Sestriere: My First Climb in the Italian Alps

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In 2000, I made the first several climbs up to the Sestriere ski resort .  It was a beautiful September day as I toiled the seven-mile clim...
Friday, June 28, 2024

A Russian Journalist Defies Putin on War in Ukraine

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Zhanna Agalakova   Жа́нна Леони́довна Агала́кова Journalist working at Russian Channel One until the War in Ukraine Zhanna Agalakova has an ...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Fascists Fail in France! One Bookstore at Least

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  A very funny pair of neighboring bookstores is no more.  The fascist bookstore La Librairie Nouvelle  went out of business in its posh loc...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a failure to communicate"

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A few nights ago, I saw the 1967 movie " Cool Hand Luke " starring Paul Newman .  Several minutes into watching the movie, I was r...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Swedish Emigres; Immigrants to Sweden

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On Sunday I flew to Sweden, a direct flight from JFK airport NYC to Arlanda airport near Stockholm. I don't sleep on planes so near the ...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Lancaster to JFK Airport by Five Trains

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  Often, the cheapest direct flights to Europe fly from JFK Airport in Queens on the very eastern edge of NYC.  But that cheap fare and dire...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Apocalypse Now? Or Later...

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Why are so many people obsessed with the End Times, the Apocalypse, with Biblical Prophecy, with the End of the World? It seems crazy. In so...