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Thursday, April 2, 2026
Not only the absence of war
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Given the current climate of cut-price jackboots marching over education, scientific advancement, human decency and the arts (among other el...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The wise, the godless, the simple-minded and the child
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Well, here we are in April, which means National Poetry Month. Which means 30 days of poems right here. We’re also in the second April of ...
Milk money
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Back in the Before Times, it didn’t matter where I bought milk for my lattes; it was $1.99 per half gallon. So I bought it wherever I happen...
Monday, March 30, 2026
Gratitude Monday: A little light protest
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Me and 7,999,999 of my closest friends turned out on Saturday at more than 3300 locations across the country to reiterate our refusal to sub...
Friday, March 27, 2026
Bring me something I can use
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Whee, doggies—another whirlwind week in global geopolitics, brought to us by the worst, dumbest, most corrupt and incompetent administration...
Thursday, March 26, 2026
New civic art
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In all the years (nine, to be precise) that I’ve been walking this stretch of the W&OD Trail, this is a first: Someone has tagged the ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
The importance of use case scenarios
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I was in Paris Baguette the other day, waiting for my latte (I don’t know what it is, but their lattes are infinitely better than the ones I...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Stewards of the land
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Long ago, in the Before Times, when the developers of the corporate campus behind my house were still trying to get planning permission to t...
Monday, March 23, 2026
Gratitude Monday: movement restored
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My gratitude for today is, in the global scheme of things, miniscule. But for me, it’s big. I’m grateful that my sacroiliac joint is almost ...
Friday, March 20, 2026
Cut him a slice
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In 2022, deputies from the Adams County, Ohio, sheriff’s department raided the home of Joseph Foreman, apparently looking for evidence relat...
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