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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Miller Time

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There have been an awful lot of Millers in the news of late. First and most dreadful is, of course, the odious Stephen Miller, the malign Wh...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Where were you? (I will always love Dolly.)

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Where were you when you learned that Dolly Parton had died? I was at my dentist's office, making my six-month-out cleaning appointment. ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

A Not So Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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In early May of last year, I was watching the news when a familiar-looking neighborhood appeared. The story - which was about local resident...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

Red Scare

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I don't know why anything should come as a surprise, but the R's trying to brand us D's as commies does somewhat take me aback. ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Gambler

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From the long list of possible vices, gambling was never going to be my vice of choice.  Oh, I'm still capable of yelling 'wanna bet...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Take a nice big gulp, Zuck.

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The other day, I was at my volunteer job - basically, hanging out in the expressive therapy room in a large day shelter - and we started kic...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Diamonds (and rubies and emeralds) are a president's best friend?

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You don't need me to tell you that the Grifter-in-Chief has vastly increased his wealth during Round Two of an administration that will ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

And now, on the election fraud front...

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Anne Manning Martin and Michael Walsh were both hoping to appear on the ballot in the upcoming Massachusetts primary, Martin as a candidate ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

When patient care be under attack? What do you do? Stand up, fight back!

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God knows, there are plenty of problems with health care in this country - access, outcomes, etc. When my much beloved primary care physicia...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

Yo, Yo-Yos!

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When I was a kid, I loved playing with my yo-yo. Not that I was all that good. Sure, I mastered the basics: walk the dog; around the world; ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Send in the Indianapolis Clowns.

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When it comes to baseball, I'm not a 100% purist, longing for the return of men in baggy wool unis sweltering through a double header. I...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Ford doesn't always have a better idea

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Growing up, my family had Fords. Fairlanes. Galaxies. In the mid-1950s, we had a two-tone, turqouise and white Fairlane. My father wasn'...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

And you thought Lyme disease was bad...

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New England is pretty much ground zero for Lyme disease. (The name itself comes from the town of Lyme, Connecticut.) And I know a couple of ...