Archive for the ‘American Values’ Category
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History Doesn’t Move in a Straight Line
Posted on September 22, 2016
History doesn’t move in a straight line. And for that reason, I hope they have some extra space at the African-American History Museum, slated to open up this weekend. Because...
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Backroads to the Beach
Posted on August 24, 2016
I took the backroads to the beach. I don’t like driving down 95 anyway and I had heard traffic was especially terrible. And so I took a circuitous route down...
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Deadhead Sticker on a Cadillac
Posted on August 23, 2016
I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. For some reason, that thought crossed my mind as I sat at the beach in the Age of Trump. What initially triggered...
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The Olympics
Posted on August 8, 2016
My son, who is ten, loves the Olympics. He stayed up with my wife to watch Michael Phelps and the rest of the crew until 12:30 am this morning, way...
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Let’s Move On from the Cold War
Posted on July 28, 2016
I wrote one of my most popular blog posts five years ago. I titled it, “Collapse of the Cold War Consensus.” Here is an excerpt: It took a while, but...
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