Monday, October 5, 2020

The Electoral College: When Is a Savant Not a Savant?

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Definition of  savant 1 :  a person of learning especially   :  one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field (as of science or lite...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Lessons from Denmark: Borgen Blows West Wing Out of the Water

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  F or the first half of "Borgen" I watched not because the story lines grabbed me all that much, but the faces of the characters ...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Things I Got to Tell Joe

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  N ow, if I can just get Joe on the phone. I know his handlers are preparing him for the debate. I know they are telling him to keep his an...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Finding Your True Loathing in the Era of Trump

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  A ll I ever needed to know about Milton Friedman was contained on a tape of an interview with Mr. Friedman I acquired somehow, in whi...
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Sunday, September 6, 2020

You Would Fight for Strangers?

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T rump spoke honestly when he said he thought men who went off to fight in the Vietnam war were suckers. It was a stupid war and you'd ...
Friday, September 4, 2020

The Next American Revolution

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S ince the founding of our nation, roughly 12 generations ago, the idea of America has been tested by war twice. We had two revolutions: t...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Watching West Wing in the Time of Trump

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N eeding something new to watch on my morning treadmill hour, I chose something old, so old I had forgotten watching most of it. "We...