Daily Archives: July 27, 2024

David Brooks critique–“Making Peace With the Kamala Harris Nomination”

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By David Brook Opinion Columnist in the NYT At the beginning of 2019 I wrote a column enthusiastically arguing that Kamala Harris was the Democratic Party’s strongest candidate to take on Donald Trump. My core argument was pretty simple: If Democrats hoped to … Continue reading →

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Ukraine’s bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. KHARKIV, Ukraine — After a Russian missile strike in May, one of Ukraine’s largest book-printing plants looked like a massacre. Seven employees were dead, with more than 20 wounded, their blood on the walls that had … Continue reading →

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Cats and JD Vance

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Jim deMaine

As editor not sure which cat-egory I should file this story about JD Vance in my cat-elog. The cat-calls he’s receiving seem to cat-ch him by surprise. He must be having cat-fits.

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