Saturday, November 23, 2024
An Ignorant Electorate Normalizes Trump
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More than one post-election recap reported that far too many voters lacked specific knowledge about the candidates. Too often they conflated...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
New Realities, Real and Imagined
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Comical headline of the week, from Reuters: “Muslims who voted for Trump upset” It is a no-brainer that Donald Trump has been pro-Israel...
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Pardons Before Trump's Vile Retribution
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In the waning days of any presidency there is a scurry of activities to complete an agenda, most prominently the issuance of pardons. With D...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Memories of Lundy's of Sheepshead Bay
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Anyone who ate there during its heyday in the mid-1900s as a landmark seafood emporium along Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay would tell you dining...
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Finding Some Silver Linings in a Catastrophe
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There’s a TV character whose name escapes me for now whose perennial opening line, spoken in Brooklynese, is, “How’re ya doin’?” “Not great,...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Learning to Live with a New Reality
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We did it once before. We hope we can do it again. After all, my retirement portfolio increased the first time. Sure, under Joe Biden’s wa...
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Non Deletion from My Nonexistent Bucket List
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I was all set to report on my crossing off an item on my nonexistent bucket list when I was surprised. Instead of prescribing my first ove...
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