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Losing Joe doesn’t leave a big pair of shoes to fill; it leaves an impossible void.

Dec 31, 2022

November 2022

I was thirteen years old when I went to my first funeral. My father’s youngest sister, Freda, died suddenly from an aneurysm at age 30. She was the cool…

Nov 22, 2022

September 2022

Remembering 9/11 and the Journey Here

Sep 11, 2022

COVID, The Economy, and Workaholism

Sep 10, 2022

May 2022

Programming Note: My paying job requires travel, and I’ve been on the East and West Coasts in the past few weeks. The travel put writing on hold for a…

May 10, 2022

April 2022

What Printers Taught Me about Government Waste

Apr 14, 2022

March 2022

Looking for the Truth in a Haystack

Mar 30, 2022

Note: Welcome to all my new readers, and thank you to everyone who shared the last post. Some programming notes at the end. Today, Ukrainian President…

Mar 16, 2022

Mark Sanford: Missing in Action

Mar 8, 2022

Biden Needs a Wartime Consigliere

Mar 3, 2022

February 2022

Putin Needs Tribalism

Feb 24, 2022

Farewell to P.J. O'Rourke

Feb 16, 2022

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