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Thoughts on the Election

The 2024 election is over, more or less – with a number of seats in the House of Representatives still to be decided. But it’s clear Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States – only being…

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Partisan Politics: Our Ahab, Our Moby-Dick

“All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.” Captain Ahab’s words, spoken for him by Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, explain his quest for Moby-Dick, the white whale. Soon after leaving Nantucket Island, Ahab…

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Time on the Rocks – Part I

I’ve decided I’ve already had my fill of the 2024 election. I really don’t care who is elected President. Sorry to be negative, but does anyone actually think it matters whose rump is in the chair behind the Resolute desk?…

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