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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
No comments on Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Gov. Christie Belatedly Accepts Reality on Same-Sex Marriage
One of the cool things about blogging is the occasional opportunity to say “I told you so,” and back it up with a link.
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His & Hers Candidates: When Love Is Stronger Than Politics
On November 6, the Web Goddess and I will walk down the hill to the Presbyterian church and fulfill our solemn civic duty of canceling each other out at the polls.
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RIMPAC! Or, Here’s Why It’s Dangerous Even to JOKE About Yelling “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
Don’t publish the sailing time of troop ships. No-brainer, right? But what if the publisher is the Navy itself?
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Fourth Blogiversary Prompts Reflections on Why I Blog
The clash of ideas is part of what makes this a great country, but I try to let the ideas clash while treating the people on the other side with respect. I find people are…
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Brush With Greatness: Episcopalian Edition
I teamed up with the Web Goddess on Sunday to produce a web report published today on a visit to a Jersey City parish by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The occasion was…
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In Which Your Humble Scribe Encounters Law & Order in Action
The sergeant told me I have the right to contest the summons, and showed me the relevant court date on the ticket. Hm… should I try to take it to court, given that I’m, like,…
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Happy Independence Day to You;
Happy Blogiversary to MeThree years ago today I posted my first substantive blog post, about Senator Obama, the Democratic nominee for president. Here’s how it began: “From the start, my take on Obama has been that he’s a…