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Scenes From My Life: Small pleasures in a puzzling world
One evening last week, I took my laundry down to the basement laundry room where I saw a woman I like and hadn’t seen in a while, whatever “a while” means. Probably longer than it sounds. She and I exchanged … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Good Things Happening, The Facts of Life
Tagged COVID, doing laundry
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The glass is 52.4 percent full
This is how an optimist is looking at this week’s election. But even an optimist cannot help grumbling over the 47.6 percent. WTF?! Why? Maybe because, as Harper’s Weekly Review disclosed, “44 percent of voters believe that the government is … Continue reading
Posted in Good Things Happening, Government, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting rights
Tagged 2022 elections, Harper's
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Did you know the IRS will lower our taxes all by itself to adjust for inflation?
Oh, yeah? Well, I didn’t. And this is a big WOW, in the category of “What good government can do for us ordinary people when we vote for good governers.” So much for know-it-all me about Medicare and COLA. Seems … Continue reading
Posted in Good Things Happening, Government, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged chained Consumer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, GOP, inflation adjustments, IRS, Jim Tankersley, lower tax rates 2023, New York Times, tax rates and inflation, Trump
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