Alexandra Paskhaver
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Guest column: So, eye see (opens the original)
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There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. Iâve gotten a real sense of perspective, having melted my glasses last week. I do not exaggerate when I say the preceding eight days have been the worst days in the history of humanity, worse than the Black Death, the Spanish Inquisition, and the last season of âGame of Thrones.â Some context regarding plastic and cars: if you leave a pair of specs on the dashboard of a Toyota and spend three hours
Guest Column: Bearly getting by (opens the original)
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, but nobody called him that because it was a nuisance to pronounce and spell. Besides, âAlexisâ is more of a girlâs name. Despite this handicap, he wrote a magnificent book called âDemocracy in America,â which made his name synonymous with the phrase âThat French prat who thinks he knows more about us than we do.â But Tocqueville (weâre not on a first-name basis. I refuse to call him âAle
Guest Column: America 250: Benjamin Franklin’s guide to perfection (opens the original)
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Oh, okay. He was a bit chubby. And bald. And his eyesight was bad. And⦠yeah, thatâs about it. Ambitious? Undoubtedly. But we must remember weâre talking about the greatest diplomat-scientist-inventor-philosopher of the Revolutionary Age â wait a second. That hasnât happened yet. This is only 1733. George Washington is a grand total of one year old. In that year, Franklin set out 13 virtues: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cl
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