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The eternal liberal wisdom of PlantyPall
I wasn’t thinking about politics when recently I re-read Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels. I was considering the emotional risk in revisiting favorite fiction. To wit: I was in turbulent adolescence when I first read Wuthering Heights, so naturally Heathcliff became … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Culture, Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, War
Tagged "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "The Prime Minister", Anthony Trollope, Congress, conservatism, Duke of Omnium, Eric Bogle, Gallipoli, Heathcliff, June Tabor, liberalism, Parliament, Plantagenet Palliser, PlantyPall, The Duke's Children, The Palliser Novels, World War I, Wuthering Heights
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How are we doing in New York City? Like this
Just came back from a shopping trip for blue fish. As I passed a renovated townhouse on West 75th Street, my side glance caught a bright red light on the back wall of what must be the house’s living room. … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged New York City attitude
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Animal news with a touch of the usual craziness
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [A] pet-food company offered in a job listing to pay $1,000 an hour for an employee to smell dog breath…In Seoul, an elementary school was closed after a wolf escaped a nearby zoo and evaded the … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged dog breath, Harper's, largest octopus, warring chimpanzees, wolf in Seoul
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