'Sixties
August 5, 2009
- We live in a rational age - or do we? Politics is more about challenge and posturing these days than about a marketplace of ideas. We fight wars screaming with ideology, not the saber-rattling Realpolitik of the past. In sports: football, basketball, and baseball were once the showplace of muscle and speed-enforced strategies. Today they're the stuff of entertainment - the hail Mary, the trey ...
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March 11, 2009
- Okay. I'm through with ranting. Ready to fully enjoy spring in the country. There's nothing like blooming fruit trees and daffodils to put me in a better mood. I know this is heresy, but I don't envy New Yorkers their cold weather and snow and ice (but Christmas in New York City is hard to beat), especially when we have great warm days in February and March, with the flowering quince in bloom and ...
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