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PONDERING FAMILY MATTERS
One of the joys of fatherhood is the ability to ponder questions raised by your children. Two or three weeks ago, my daughter raised a question that has left me pondering prodigiously. It stems from the fact that my daughter has peculiar reading habits. When I get a batch of essays together and mail them,…
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FANS
In earlier essays, there was a tribute to railings and to our bashful commodes, both of which bring joy and comfort to our lives. In that same spirit, I believe it is time to pay tribute to fans of all kinds. For the first twelve or thirteen years of my life, I was forced to…
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ANCIENT HISTORY
You may recall that in the late summer of 2008, the American stock market as well as the American banking system took a terrible nose dive. From that time forward, there have been legions of analyses by learned scholars who hoped to tell you what was wrong. As always, there were political arguments. The Republicans,…