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Monday, February 17, 2025

The Every-Other-Asshole Rule

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  My Dad, Lt. George Gussman, during World War II My Dad had several favorite bits of wisdom he lived by.  “You can tell who boozes by the c...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Riding, Hiking Mountains in Western Panama

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  Coffee plants growing on a steep hillside above Boquete, Panama After months of sea-level riding and walking with some small hills, I hike...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

New Friend, New List of Favorite Books

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Joseph Brodsky around 1970.  A new friend here in Panama, a cyclist, Yogi, and round-the-world-sailor named Roger, asked me for a list of bo...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Terrorists as Celebrities

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In the remote resort town of Boquete in western Panama is a lovely little open-air Italian restaurant.  On the wall are picture of the owner...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

"War" by Sebastian Junger--Reading the Book 15 Years After I Saw the Movie

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  In August of 2010, eight months after I returned from Iraq, I went to see the documentary  Restrepo with Jim Dao of the New York Times .*...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Tattoos are Rare in Panama

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  Sleeve tattoos like the one above are common in Panama City, Florida, not mention Philadelphia, Portland, Pittsburgh and Phoenix, but not ...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

A Review of An Immense World by Ed Yong

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In the fall of 2024 I read An Immense World   with the Evolution Round Table at Franklin and Marshall College, a group I have been part of f...