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Friday, September 12, 2025

After an assassination

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     "What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? "             Burt Bacharach "What's it all about, Alfie?...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Reichstag fire

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Charlie Kirk was assassinated. All Americans should grieve. Democrats especially. In  an Oval Office speech yesterday, Trump  said the ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

An alternative to political retribution.

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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden announces a $6 million grant for upgrades to the failing Gold Hill, Oregon sewer system. Yes, Gold Hill.  Bright red ...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The Trump birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein

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The Trump birthday card looks real. Trump says he didn't write it. It may be too clever, too literary, too indirect, and too philosophic...
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Monday, September 8, 2025

ICE raids send a message

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Nobody is safe. Even good, hard-working, law-abiding people doing important work are subject to arrest. If you are lucky, they send you home...
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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Easy Sunday: I didn't win.

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I didn't win the $1.8 billion Powerball prize. This probably sounds like "sour grapes," but I am not too disappointed not to h...
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

The perfect is the enemy of the good

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David Frum, in 2019:  "If liberals won't enforce borders, fascists will." I have friends with whom I have easy and pleasant co...
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