Archives in Category: Politics

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One Month Ago

Posted on December 5, 2024

One month today our nation held its presidential election where former President Trump was re-elected to the office for a second term. I don’t know about you, but in those thirty days I’ve seen a lot of potential cabinet appointments

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Life Is Complicated

Posted on August 15, 2024

Historian Heather Cox Richardson wrote yesterday that the White House is trying to combat junk fees, excessive paperwork, hold times, and other ways companies “deliberately design processes to be burdensome in order to deter people from getting a refund or

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NYT

Posted on July 22, 2024

Let me be more clear about why I’m taking a break from The New York Times. Especially when I believe the publication’s writing is excellent, the typo rate is small; and the book section is a national treasure, since the

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Today

Posted on July 21, 2024

Today is the day President Joe Biden stopped his campaign for re-election to the presidency of the United States. Today is the day I cancelled my standing subscription to The New York Times. And today is the day I finished

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Allegiant

Posted on March 8, 2024

Earl and I are taking a trip soon and using Allegiant Airlines as our airline carrier. It’s one of those companies that advertises ultra low-cost, non-stop flights to selected cities. I’d never used it before, because I have used a

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Leap Day

Posted on February 29, 2024

The media is all over Leap Day. This morning Facebook featured a woman who turns 100 today, but is celebrating only her twenty-fifth birthday. CBS News provided a lengthy historical perspective on the need for Leap Day every four years.

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Michigan Primary Today

Posted on February 27, 2024

Today are the Republican and Democratic primaries in my state. To vote, in advance you had to declare one party or the other and then get the ballot for which party you declared. It isn’t at all like the national

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The Kennedy Center Honors

Posted on December 15, 2019

Tonight the forty-second annual Kennedy Center Honors bestowed recognition on five people or groups for dedication to their particular artistic endeavors and their commitment to enhancing the cultural world around them. (Note: The event was on December 8, but was

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Urinetown

Posted on August 25, 2019

It’s a quirky name and an even quirkier 2002 Tony Award winning musical. Dark and unrelenting, “Urinetown” tells the tale of a world where people have to line up at public toilets to do their business, since private ones no

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Sean Spicer

Posted on April 12, 2017

Because I’m leaving for Boston in two days, I spent most of this afternoon at my beauty salon. Got my hair colored and my nails done. Felt pampered all the way.

At the same time, Press Secretary Sean Spicer fielded

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