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Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 3:

Part 1 of this Review Here Part 2 of this Review Here It’s easy for non-Republican Trump-loathers like this reviewer to tut-tut at all the one-time anti-Trump GOP operatives who recanted and signed up with the MAGA mission once #45 was in the White House. Author Tim Miller draws numerous painful portraits of many of … Continue reading Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 3: →

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Another Quaker Holiday Story: Playing the Lottery

Playing the Lottery Winter 1969, Boston. I was driving a cab at night, while attending Harvard Divinity School. I had run through some scholarship and loan money, and needed cash; Christmas and all that. But I also thought it would be a “good experience” for a wannabe writer. When I turned my cab onto St. … Continue reading Another Quaker Holiday Story: Playing the Lottery →

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Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 2

  [Part One of this “Review in Pieces” is here.] Imagine a history of the Trump rise done not by a DC insider, but by Stephen King, who had taken a double dose of bad acid and is channeling Hunter Thompson in bed with Franz Kafka. Then you’ll begin to get the drift of Tim … Continue reading Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 2 →

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An Independence Day Jeremiad

It’s time for Democrats to fear their own voters David Sirota Republican politicians fear their base, while Democratic politicians don’t. That’s why we are in this mess The Guardian  — Mon 4 Jul 2022 After the overturning of Roe v Wade, there is bad news and there is good news. But first, an admission. For … Continue reading An Independence Day Jeremiad →

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Holiday Weekend Stories: His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Introduction: Pentler’s Folly If you ever want to rile up a Friends meeting, here’s a simple recipe: Leave them a lot of money in your will, but with no instructions about what to do with it. It’s a sure thing: the meeting will spend years haggling over what to do with all that worldly wealth. … Continue reading Holiday Weekend Stories: His Eye Is On The Sparrow →

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