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Spelling!

This is a story for those who can spell. If you can’t, just stay away; you are wasting your time. It was 1966. America was different then. It was both richer and more innocent. I had just completed work on … Continue reading

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At a Muslim Wedding

I was on that free diving and fishing trip through Algeria. The French, who had seemingly deeply colonized the country, had been gone for a few years. They had left behind their language and many buildings in the big cities … Continue reading

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Climate Change, the Poor Countries, my Money, and a New Kind of Old Car

So, now, Old Mr. Biden wants to give my tax money away to poor countries to make up for the damage I caused them by driving cars. That’s the new twist in the continuing tale of the climate change cult. … Continue reading

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Life Isn’t Fair

My brother and I were going to drive from Paris to northwestern Spain. A hired boat was waiting for us there for a sailing vacation. We were both in our late twenties. I was smarter than anyone and my brother … Continue reading

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Memoirs of Not Getting Girls Pregnant

One issue that’s crying out for moderate voices is that of abortion. One of the evils of Wade vs Roe is to have made debate on abortion seem superfluous for fifty years, unlike what happened in Western Europe for example … Continue reading

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Fighting for Every Inch of Ukrainian Soil

I ask myself: How much would I be willing to sacrifice to protect the Ukrainians from Russian slavery. The answer is clear: I would take 50% cut in my living standard. That would be maybe not forever but for a … Continue reading

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Casus Belli?

Thinking about the Russian destruction of Mariupol and its naval blockade of the remaining Ukrainian sea outlets, including the big port city of Odesa. I keep reading and hearing commentaries to the effect that the difficulty the Ukrainians are meeting … Continue reading

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Islamophobia (My)

The continuing Russian brutalities in Ukraine are diverting my attention from other horrors perpetrated elsewhere in the world. About ten days ago the de facto government of Afghanistan, the semi-literate Taliban, announced that Afghan women had to cover their faces … Continue reading

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Why I Can’t Take Feminists Seriously (More Escapism)

My thirteen-year-old granddaughter is lithe, slim (with curves) and tall for her age. She is also pretty. (I feel free to brag about her because she has hardly more genes in common with me than if I were a bonobo. … Continue reading

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How This Paris Boy Became an American Scholar (Plus a Disquisition on Language Learning)

Here is another escapist story. If the autobiographical genre annoys you, I don’t blame you and don’t read this story. First of all, don’t wince or grimace. I just said “scholar,” not “eminent scholar,” nor “famous scholar,” not even “respected … Continue reading

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