Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Into the Deaf World: Confessions of an Ignoramus

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  Y esterday, I did a Sykpe session with a lip reading deaf person and it triggered memories of a decades old awakening. When my children we...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Prophesy in a Small Package: The Fifth Risk

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  M ichael Lewis's "The Fifth Risk" has three salient virtues: 1. Brevity: 219 pages 2. Originality: It's really a book ab...
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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Transgender Politics and the End of the Republic

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I f ever Jim Jordan, the Freedom Caucus, Rush Limbaugh and the folks at Breitbart could conspire to dream up the perfect spider wasp to insi...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Memo to Joe: White House Office of Pithy Phrases

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  M ad Dog delighted in Joe Biden's remark "With Obama, Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is Alive." Rare among Democ...
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Monday, November 23, 2020

Golly Toto, I Don't Think We're in New Hampshire Anymore

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  "All politics is local." --Tip O'Neill, former Speaker of the House B efore the internet, Mr. O'Neill's quip likely ...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

The Origins of Trumpism: From The Best & the Brightest Through West Wing

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  T wenty -seven years after David Halberstam published "The Best and the Brightest" Aaron Sorkin brought "The West Wing...
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...