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Flatout — I love dogs. Always have. My latest canine companion is nicknamed Nut Bag, to reflect some of his behaviors and mannerisms. He’s a Shih Tzu mix, the smallest dog I’ve ever had, and the first male. My last pooch was a 90-pound female, and the smartest dog
Health Care
I’ll keep this brief. My recovery from hip replacement surgery is much more painful than I expected. I don’t want to go deep into detail. Researching material, and even just typing, is very difficult because I can’t sit at a desk. So this means I will probably
Culture
This is the 3rd anniversary of this blog and I am re-running my first column, because not everyone saw it, and because it states my principles and my intentions. People should know what they are getting. It appears largely unchanged from July 15, 2019. If you landed here because you
Health Care
Thanks to all of you who took the trouble to wish me well. There are so many I can’t find them on my iPad. The Wednesday surgery went off with no hitches. By 5 p.m. the nurses had me taking a few steps. As of Thursday 1:10
Health Care
By the time you read this, what you see pictured should be completed. That is hip replacement surgery. Looks ugly. Glad I will be asleep. For me, it was the left one, which has been giving me a lot of problems for the past year. I controlled it with cortisone
Politics
There’s a show-biz adage about audiences that says, “Always leave them wanting more.” That is not what the House Jan. 6 committee planned Tuesday with a televised hearing that was to start at 10 a.m. and go all day long. At the last minute, they started the hearing
Education
It’s hard for ne to think of a government program that raises more ire than President Joe Biden’s brainstorm to give away between $10,000-$50,000 to people who have voluntarily taken on debt, and who are so young to have contributed nothing to society. More on
Journalism
Blindspot Report, part of Ground News.Com, provides a very valuable service, one that illustrates an idea I have been pushing for decades: If you get all your information from a single news source, there is a ton you are missing. Calling itself a detector of media bias -- although
Jim Kenney
“Kenney has never fully embraced the public part of being a public official.He rarely smiles and is often snippy and surly. He reads speeches straight from the script and does not try to hide his often grumpy and detached look.” No, gentle reader, that is not my writing, although
Media
“Freedom of the press is fragile,” says Patricia Campos Mello, a Brazilian journalist who works for Folha de Sao Paulo, and who knows more than I about the subject. She is one of four journalists featured in “Endangered,” a 90-minute documentary now on HBO. It was recommended to me by
Democracy
We say, “Happy July 4th,” but what do we mean by this? We mean “happy Independence Day,” celebrating the birth of a unique nation, destined to become the wealthiest, most powerful nation, most free in the world. The 4th addressed the world with a Declaration, which said, “We hold these
Democracy
The people were grumbling. The cost of food was going up and many of them felt it was because of a faraway war. “Why is it any of our business?” some asked. The leaders of the country said, “We have freedom and they are fighting for theirs.” The people were