Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Appliance Gods are After Us

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 Actually, things look better than they did this morning, The irrigation installation in the back yard is no longer leaking.  The dishwasher...
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Thursday, May 01, 2025

Birthright Citizenship - a Personal Story

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We all know by now that our 47th president believes he can change anything in the Constitution with an executive order.  And one of the thin...
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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Why Our Cars are Killing Us

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 The Economist, to which I subscribe, recently (September 7) had a leader called America's killer cars .  (You may hit a paywall for tha...
Monday, August 26, 2024

My, How Dorm Life Has Changed

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 Everyone who lives in the Bay Area knows that U.C. Berkeley doesn't have enough dorm space for its enrolled students.  They especially ...
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Monday, December 04, 2023

The Middle East is Not Listening to Us

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 Once again, today, there's a news article about a street demonstration in San Francisco demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.  Several Bay Are...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

There's No Excuse for This

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My last post was about believing absurdities leading to committing atrocities.  Well, we have one, and it's right down the block from my...
Monday, July 31, 2023

If You Believe Absurdities ...

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 Apparently Voltaire never quite said exactly the quote that's been attributed to him:   Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can ...