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Monday, August 4, 2025

"Colossus" at 20: How Niall Ferguson's American Empire Became Reality

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  Colossus  by Niall Ferguson (2005) The Republic Is Dead. Long Live the Empire. In Colossus , Niall Ferguson strips away the post–Cold War ...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Death Camp Visits Resume: Treblinka and the Warsaw Ghetto

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Memorial at Treblinka Death Camp in Poland In November, I will resume my visits to Nazi Death Camps. This time I will travel with my friend ...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger

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  In My Time of Dying  is the fifth book I have read by Sebastian Junger since I met him almost a year ago. He was the opening keynote spe...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

I Dumped T-Mobile Because of Their Extreme Roamer Policy

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  I was a fan of T-Mobile even before I was a customer. Until this year I had very  reliable service fromT-Mobile.   Then I ran afoul of the...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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I grew up near the sea, several miles from the Atlantic Ocean north of Boston.  While the sea was always near, it was also remote for me. Ou...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

My Never-Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette OpEd

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I wrote this article at the request of David Mills of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  It was never published.  I wrote the article after readi...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

My FM Metal Music Life in the Early 70s

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December 19, 1969, I got my  driver's license. I was so happy with that monumental event that I have celebrate the anniversary of my dri...