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BOOK REVIEWS Confederates In The Attic – Tony Horwitz (391 pages) Summary: And you thought the past was lost when Confederate monuments across the country were torn down in the…
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The mention of a certain number may bring to mind a definitive, universal meaning. Why? Numbers are just integers. They are used for counting whatever one needs to count. It’s…
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BOOK REVIEWS Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer (293 pages) Summary: The author himself dared to make the ascent to the top of Mount Everest, and he succeeded. The thrill…
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Are you wearing a hat now? No? When was the last time you wore one? There is an old philosophy (not sure where I heard it or learned about it)…
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January 2026 Mike Tomlin, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers for the last nineteen NFL seasons, called it quits a few days ago. All good things must come to an end,…
The Comics section of the newspaper (or The Funnies) is the lighter side of the news and worth the time to peruse. Someone once said …
Some people have a distinct mental image of what a government official does. Is he or she a pencil pushing, “red ink” bureaucrat with a …
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Dressing room requirements for musicians must be quite the production in and of themselves. Besides friends. family, and the usual entourage in attendance before concerts, …
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July 2025 NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train trip out west from NYC …
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NBA basketball Hall-of-Famers Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, along with current NBA player Jalen Brunson of the …
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BOOK REVIEWS The Firm – John Grisham (421 pages) Summary: Mitch McDeere, fresh out of Harvard Law School and resplendent to the “T” with his …
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The fact of the matter is, if you were sitting at the table across from Victor Newman conducting a business negotiation, YOU would blink first. …
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Medium-sized snowflakes fell from the sky, all the while floating back and forth in the chilly air before landing and sticking to the ground. The …
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The slate roof of the Chi Psi Omega house was blazing hot, especially in the late May, midday sun. Simp was perched on the uppermost …