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The Big Themes emerging from the daily word maelstrom laundered through the mind of an old heretic who likes to laugh
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The Pandemic Paradox (opens the original)
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Dear Subscribers:This is going to be my last post for the summer, not because there’s nothing going on but because I’m dealing with a flood in my apartment courtesy of the ‘lady’ upstairs. So I am scrambling to find other accommodations in a tourist town that is chockablock with people willing to pay batshit crazy prices. I hope my insurance actually pays out because I don’t have that kind of dosh, as the kids call it.WORDWATCH is a reade
2 Big Think Poems (opens the original)
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What We Share (opens the original)
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A heartfelt Happy 250th to my American friends. I cherish you and the fractious Republic you call home and we call our neighbour. May we never forget how fortunate we are to share a history, a border and a ton of fabulous tunes.On this, the 250th Anniversary of American Independence, there’s a lot of wailing and teeth gnashing about the State of America. Especially up here in ‘elbows up’ Canada, where suddenly patriotic Canadians no longer buy American and don’t cross the border much, either. An
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