2026-02-14

Death to America?

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] This week, Iranians were in the streets demonstrating again. These crowds weren’t protesting the current regime bu...
2026-01-21

TDS and Other Derangements

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Garrison Keillor is one of many accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome. He does not deny it. He even leans into it a ...
2026-01-06

Books (2026)

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 [ TOC: all my posts ] This is a continuation of last year's list , which continued an even earlier  list of books . Woman of Light , by...
2025-11-29

Brutal Peace

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Crabbe and Goyle, in the Harry Potter book series, seem to like a bully. They are always willing to aid and abet, if...
2025-09-21

Dissidents

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Two Russian dissidents, armed only with words and the force of public opinion, faced authoritarian regimes. Both wer...
2025-09-05

Insurance

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] When I buy an appliance or tool or electronic gizmo, the cashier often asks if I want insurance. I say no. If I'...
2025-08-23

Twits

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] "If I were King for a day."  You may have said, as I have, what you might do if you were king or queen for...
2025-06-03

Efficiency

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] When asked whether it was OK to let low-income Americans die, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) responded that "we are ...
2025-05-29

Substack

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] I've decided to branch out. I'll be posting new entries on Substack as well as here. Blogger has served me ...
2025-05-24

Corrupt

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Like many African countries, Liberia has struggled with corruption and the resulting barriers to development. A lon...