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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Masterpiece Story: Statue of Liberty
Anastasia Manioudaki (thanks to Ann M. who notes I think the Lady must now be weeping. Please note her imagined damage (head knocked off) in the WW1 poster on display in our Art of the Month + her history below. … Continue reading
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Go for the Blue Zone!
Thanks to Mike C.
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Against Panic: A Survival Kit
By Margaret Renkl in the NYT (Thanks to Ed M.) Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. I had an elaborate itinerary for Election Day that I … Continue reading
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The prescience of H.L. Mencken
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Message from the ACLU
Thanks to Pam P.
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Stll There
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Photograph by Peter Ralston [Maine photographer] Titles are very important to me and given recent events I wanted a deeper title for this image…..but I really wanted it to be perfect…..it had to be. Yesterday … Continue reading
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No, democracy isn’t dead
by Steve Iskeep in Substack My mailbox this week included a note with the subject line, “Democracy Without America.” The writer was sharing a link to an article with a slightly less stark headline, given its punctuation: “Democracy without America?” … Continue reading
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The history of Veteran’s Day
notes from Heather Cox Richardson In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day … Continue reading
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“Never Words” that should not be used by clinicians
Ed note: How should we talk to each other when there is serious life-threatening illness. This article is for clinicians, but how about talking to a fellow resident or loved one? What is your approach? Please comment. A new article in Mayo Clinic … Continue reading
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Borowitz — “What Happens Now?”
Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972 made him appear invulnerable. He wasn’t. (Cindy Yamanaka/MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images) Maybe you’ve been asking yourself: 1. “How could Donald Trump have won 51 percent of the popular vote?” 2. “How hard … Continue reading
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Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer. Michael Tomasky in the New Republic (thanks to Bob P.) I’ve had a lot of conversations since … Continue reading
Despair is self-fulfilling
My Manifesto for Despairing Democrat By Nicholas Kristof in the NYT (thanks to Mary Jane F.) So what do we do now? For those who think as I do, the election feels devastating. My country has elected a felon whose former … Continue reading
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What should Trump’s opponents do next?
by David French in the NYT (thanks to Put B.) There is no mystery about what happened Tuesday night. Unlike 2016, when the anticipation of Hillary Clinton’s victory turned into the shock of defeat, every smart analyst I know not … Continue reading
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Everything is waiting for you
Thanks to Pam P. Ed note: For many, this is a time of learning–learning how to cope with loss. Please send in your thoughts, poems, and anything you think might help.
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One minute of serenity
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The all-female mobile health team working against the odds in Afghanistan
From the International Rescue Committee in August 2022 (after the Taliban took over in 2021) Despite countless hurdles, all-women teams of medical doctors are braving long distances and treacherous terrain to bring health care to the remotest villages in Afghanistan, … Continue reading
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Voting for the Light
The religious imagineer (thanks to Mary Jane F.) Pablo Picasso, La Minotauromachie (1935). Picasso’s turbulent etching from the eve of the Spanish Civil War seems a timely image of my own country in this harrowing election season. The monstrous beast towers over … Continue reading
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“Turkeys, I’ll take care of them”
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