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Monday, August 19, 2024

Ukraine Defies the U.S. to Launch Offensive Into Russia

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  Ukraine Defies the U.S. to Launch a Showy Offensive Into Russia Observing Israel’s moves...
Friday, August 16, 2024

I Love Panama; It's Like Florida without Rednecks!

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  The Panama Canal near Panama City So far, I have traveled to 59 countries on all six inhabited continents. In some countries, I feel very ...
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Buy or Rent? I Bought a Bike Right Next to the Panama Canal

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  My second day in Panama, I bought a Giant SCR 16-speed aluminum road bike.  I bought the bike for $500 at a used bike shop in a residentia...
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Monday, August 12, 2024

What Do Trump Voters Look Like?

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  This week I talked to a guy I have known for three decades--a lifelong conservative Christian. He is a retired professor of literature. We...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Thunder Ridge Family Event: Lauren Runs, I Ride

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After my rain-soaked descent of Thunder Ridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway, my daughter Lauren, who lives in Richmond, returned with me for Rou...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Pain Up; Rain Down: Riding the Blue Ridge Parkway

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  The climb to Thunder Ridge on Virginia's Blue Ridge Parkway is a smooth, steady, winding climb of 3,300 feet at five percent for just ...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil  by Hannah Arendt seemed a very different book this year than when I first read it ...