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four kinds of people
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Tough year. Goodbye, 2017. I hope that, as this blog entry is published, I am in a cabin…
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thoughtlessness and responsibility and the power of names
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In the summer of 1986, I was the reporting intern at my hometown paper in Kentucky, The Gleaner.…
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National egoism is worthless
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National egoism is worthless as a regulatory principle for our world! For this worldview describes the world as…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi. My thoughts
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Spoiler alert: spoilers abound. So many spoilers. Spoilers spoilers spoilers. Don’t read this if you haven’t seen the…
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There is a catastrophe coming. How do we stop it?
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I used to believe that all it took to succeed, at least in the USA, was to work…
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What will it take?
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Until you try to vote and are turned away… Until you or someone you love are denied a…
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I don’t know how to fight nationalism nor fascism
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In school, I was taught that Germany turned to fascism because the country was economically devastated, because people…
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The Blue Gardenia
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My informal film studies via Turner Classic Movies continue… all I’m missing are the post-film discussions. A couple…
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it was a good wagon, but an impractical star
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I would love to downgrade my Direct TV package. But I can’t. Because I must have Turner Classic…
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Motorcycle trip in Washington State: a Smokey Adventure
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I just realized that I didn’t link to my travelogue about our annual motorcycle trip. This year, it…
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