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Rationing during wartime

Hanging on my kitchen wall is a framed copy of the New York Times front page from the day I was born. Almost all the headlines are about the war, World War II. So in a way it’s boring. Only … Continue reading

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How crazy is the anti-vaxx crowd? This crazy

Some of this I’m sure you’ve already heard about. I find Harper’s accumulation of this incidents particularly impactful: The governor of Florida, which set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, announced an executive order that would withhold funding from any … Continue reading

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“Are you nuts?”

And, “What’s wrong with you?” What poverty of mental acuity those two pejorative questions represent! And whose mental acuity am I accusing? My own. When I read quotes from the minority of people who express senseless ideas about politics or … Continue reading

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