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Saturday, April 12, 2025

Has the Invasion Begun? No Ships at the South End of the Panama Canal

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The view from the Amador Causeway.  No ships at the south end of the Panama Canal. Just after midnight today I returned to Panama after two ...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

"You Can Tell Who Boozes by the Company He Chooses" Another of my Dad's Axioms

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  Lt.George Gussman in 1943 One of my Dad's favorite axioms for life is the phrase "You Can Tell Who Boozes by the Company He Choos...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Living at the Beach in Vina del Mar, Chile

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For two weeks I lived across the road from the beach at Vina del Mar, Chile. The weather was lovely--high 60s (20C) during the day and low 5...
Monday, March 24, 2025

George Washington to Donald Trump--Falling into a National Abyss

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  George Washington was a brave and passionate young man who by will and desire controlled his internal fires. He made himself the stern man...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Chilean Sunset--Riding in Another Country South of the Equator

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For the next ten days I will be in Chile before returning to Panama.  I got a bike yesterday, so I will have a week of riding the hills abov...
Friday, March 14, 2025

The Divider

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  Those who love Trump believe he has many talents.  But one stands out. He is better than anyone at dividing people.  His instinct for what...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts

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For most of the last 20 years, I have attended the weekly discussions of the Evolution Roundtable at Franklin and Marshall College a few blo...