Category Archives: Government

Daily News readers weigh in on Mamdani

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Naomi

I knew a post-primary read of the Daily News’s Voice of the People (letters to the editor) would be fun. And it was. Ed, from Ridgewood, NJ, says that Trump had a great week bombing and the Democrats had a … Continue reading →

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I’m reading about Hitler’s intelligence agencies. Can’t imagine why

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Naomi

Re-reading, actually, the exhaustive history of Hitler’s intelligence operations, Hitler’s Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II, by David Kahn. Exhaustive it may be, but Kahn was such a terrific storyteller the book reads like the complex thriller it … Continue reading →

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Weird weird Findings from Harper’s: coyotes, vasectomy regret, ketamine, Mars’s rocks, political statement eating

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Naomi

The Findings are always factual. Harper’s even provides cites for them, just in case you can’t believe or understand what they’re telling you. It isn’t that the Findings are getting weirder. They’ve always been weird. Maybe it’s my attitude toward … Continue reading →

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