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Merry Christmas, unless you wear a mask

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A friend had the following experience at a Catholic Christmas mass this morning. This happened in a purplish small town in central Michigan. In the Catholic liturgy, immediately after the Lord's Prayer, this happens: The sign of peace is a liturgical action that is a spontaneous...

“Nuts!”

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Don't let the bastards grind you down. Upon returning to the division headquarters, McAulliffe was informed that Jones had phoned to say that the two German officers were still waiting.

1968/2024

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This piece draws in some ways rather strained analogies between campus protests against the Vietnam war in the 1960s and campus protests about the Israel/Gaza war today. (The radical differences.

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Music Notes

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Two last shows I saw in 2023. Both were at the Columbus Theatre in Providence. The first was The Bad Plus. Oddly, I had never seen them before and I am not sure how or why. In any case, this excellent free(ish) jazz but commercially successful...
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