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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Explore The Atlantic
Thanks to Mary M. SUPPORTING SPONSOR For the first time, subscribers can read every story published in The Atlantic from 1857 to today. Below is a note from our editor in chief about preserving the … Continue reading
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An inventor promised flights from San Francisco to New York. He created an air disaster instead.
Thanks to Bob P. Katie Dowd, SFGATE July 10, 2022 Updated: July 10, 2022 6:59 a.m. J.A. Morrell felt very good about his sausage-shaped airship. In February 1908, the inventor boasted it could “take a businessman to New York from San Francisco … Continue reading
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VISIT WITH U.S. REP. KIM SCHRIER
Your friends and neighbors will be gathering on: MONDAY, AUGUST 22 ND, 5:00 – 6:30 PM IN THE SKY CLUB LOUNGE (24th floor CT) to meet, talk with and financially support Dr. Kim Schreier in her efforts to retain her … Continue reading
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19 Days in America
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A Neurologist’s Tips to Protect Your Memory
From the New York Times by Hope Reese A new book by a renowned brain expert says there are a few simple things we can do to prevent memory decline as we age. As we age, our memory declines. This … Continue reading
The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic
Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. by Knute Berger (thanks to Pam P for sending) Three unidentified Washington Klan members, covered in robes and hoods, are interviewed … Continue reading
July 4th by Heather Cox Richardson
And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that … Continue reading
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July 4th – a day of celebration and remembrance
Thanks to Pam P. It’s America’s 246th birthday, a midpoint of summer and a chance for communities to celebrate together Everyone knows the Fourth of July marks the day in 1776 when the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of … Continue reading
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Canada’s Fourth of July
Thanks to Pam P. Ed note: This critique by Michael Moore rings true, but Canada is far from perfect. They have a history of discriminating against native populations and forcing children to be educated away from their families in often … Continue reading
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The coolest art museums around the world
Thanks to Ann M. Please click here to view these amazing creations.
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If the hat fits …..
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More riveting than a TV drama
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Repeating wedding vows
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Cartoons for the intellectual
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A bit of pun-ishment
Thanks to Gordon G Mahatma Gandhi, as you now, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, … Continue reading
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Women Declare Themselves Corporations to Force Supreme Court to Grant Them Rights as People
Thanks to Pam P. By Andy Borowitz June 27, 2022 WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to grant them rights as people, legal observers have … Continue reading
If Clarence Thomas were consistent, he’d oppose Loving v. Virginia
Thanks to Pam P. Ed note: My wife and I were married in Pennsylvania in 1964. This would have been illegal in Virginia at that time. The Loving v. Virginia case of went to the Supreme Court in 1967, giving … Continue reading
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The new Alito-Cavanaugh-Barrett Line
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What’s in the heart?
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