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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Freedom by Sebastian Junger

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  Freedom  by Sebastian Junger is first and foremost a Quest or Journey Away, an adventure leaving home.  Junger and his friends walk the ra...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Trump's Broken Boys

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In the Spring of 2016, I met a rich, successful engineer who loved Donald Trump.  Still does, I am sure.  Like many well-educated conservati...
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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Americans Living in Panama

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  In the coming weeks, I will be writing about some of the Americans I have met during the time I lived in Panama. They are people who decid...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Russia Invaded Ukraine. Putin Murders and Kidnaps Children. Trump Loves Putin.

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Since the moment Russia invaded Ukraine, I have admired the bravery of the Ukrainian people in defense of their nation. Vladimir Putin wants...
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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