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A More Perfect Union

In the Bronx, July 4, 2022 The unanimous Declaration of me, When in the course of human events it is the fourth of July, it become necessary for me to acknowledge Independence Day in my blog. I know that this is a difficult time, and some find it difficult to celebrate America in light of […]

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America the Beautiful – Warts and All

Happy Independence Day! Like half my friends I started celebrating a day early by watching Hamilton. It’s as good a celebration of America as there is. Want to say something good about America? It produced Lin-Manuel Miranda. He combines serious history, with brilliant music. People notice the rap, but there’s so much more. There are […]

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Back to the Future

It’s a good thing when I don’t write about my health. Today I’m going to write about my health. I threw my back out on Friday. I wasn’t even sure I was using the term correctly until double checked with Google. It means I strained a muscle in my back. I did it just reaching […]

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Go Fourth

Happy Independence Day! That must always be acknowledged. I listened to The Egg and Is Anybody There from 1776 before I went to sleep last night. I couldn’t wait till I woke up. There must be someplace I can watch the film on TV today. I’ll see. Yesterday I did one of the top items […]

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My Mets Right or Wrong

I’m writing this twelve hours later than I should have. Will I remember what happened yesterday? You’ll never know, I’ll just make it up if I don’t. I went to my second Met game this week, this one against their hated crosstown rivals the New York Yankees. It’s Good versus Evil. I’m on the side […]

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More Perfect Union

It’s not the Fourth of July, it’s not a patriotic holiday, but I’m feeling the fire of patriotism burning in me. The spark that ignited it came from President Trump, but not in the way he intended. His words and actions to “Make America Great Again” are an affront to American values, and it’s those […]