Kirby Mountain
August 12, 2017
On the upper sea
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Hodd by Adam Thorpe (Jonathan Cape, 2009) begins (after Introduction and Translator’s preface) ... The seas are folded over us, above our...
July 25, 2017
Donald Trump’s story to the Boy Scouts about William Levitt
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From Donald Trump’s remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree , Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve, Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 24: ...
July 24, 2017
A good word
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Irish adage: Níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. Pronunciation: Neer vrish fuhcul-mah fihcul-riff. Translation: A good word neve...
July 22, 2017
Two excerpts from Deep South by Paul Theroux (2015)
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Hot Springs — Pleasures and Miseries My afternoon drive from Monticello to Hot Springs was a long panning shot of sad towns and beat-up vil...
July 18, 2017
New York Times and alternate reality
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On July 16, music critic Mikal Gilmore shared on Facebook an opinion piece from the New York Times, "No One Cares About Russia in the W...
July 10, 2017
VPIRG and its sham of a carbon tax
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It gives 90% of it back, so what was the point? And it doesn't tax cows. The carbon tax is part of VPIRG's summer campaign focus, ...
June 22, 2017
Liberals in the desert they made for themselves
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Emmett Rensin writes at the Los Angeles Review of Books (excerpts): Liberalism is not working. Something deep within the mechanism has cr...
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