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Friday, December 27, 2024

For the Sweep of History, Read New Books First

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Asked about the five books someone should read to get a broad view of the history of the world, the historian Walter Russell Mead said we sh...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter

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In the hopeful world of self-help books the reader is drawn into the possibility of changing her life for the better.  We  could all be thin...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"Blindness" by Jose Saramago--terrifying look at society falling apart

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  Blindness  reached out and grabbed me from the first page.  A very ordinary scene of cars waiting for a traffic introduces the horror to c...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

International Neighborhood Near the Panama Canal

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  Less than a kilometer from my AirBnb is a short road that connects a residential area with the main bus route to the city.  At one end is ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Two Weeks of Fog Watch: There's No Boredom Like Army Boredom

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In the spring of 1977, my tank unit, 1st Battalion, 70th Armor, went to Grafenwohr, West Germany, for annual gunnery training.   Tens of tho...
Saturday, December 7, 2024

The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan

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After the election in America last month, I decided to read The Peloponnesian War  by Donald Kagan.  During that 30-year-long war from 431-...
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Monday, December 2, 2024

Sunken Sailboat in a Beautiful Bay: Relaxed Life Near the Panama Canal

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Above is bay I ride past along the Amador Causeway in Panama.  It's peaceful and beautiful with many different small boats.   About half...