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[TomF]

My son is preparing a presentation for a class tomorrow on book 3 of Augustine's "Confessions." Was interesting to see how Augustine dealt...

[TomF]

When the choice at the time was join one army or the other or be killed where you stand anyway, it puts a different slant on one's choices.
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Alright then. Don't go getting any ideas, you can't get out of here as easily as that....

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There was a very "human" moment in the Maddow interview, in which Hutchinson said that part of her experience of the last year included discovering...

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My late uncle, husband to my dad's stepsister, moved to Canada from Latvia shortly after the war. He was ferociously anti-communist, intensely angry...

[TomF]

I think Menendez should have resigned the last time he was indicted, and I'm shocked that New Jersey hadn't found someone else better suited to take his...

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I'd imagine that any day now, Guilfoyle may be glad things never progressed beyond an engagement....

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I was deeply impressed by her interview last night with Lawrence O'Donnell. With her, to be sure, but also with O'Donnell as an interviewer.
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She talks like someone who's come out of a cult. Who still has emotional attachments to some inside the cult, and who's trying to square who they wish...

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I think there will be sanctions soon, because he's been breaking terms of his bond release. Which doesn't mean I think he'll be jailed soon, but I expect...

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It's "partial summary judgement" in Letitia James' case in New York. Meaning that as a matter of law, the judge has found that Trump and his...

[TomF]

Now this.

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[TomF]

The Swiftie effect?

It's news because occasionally it's a fine thing to see someone using social media influence for good. To encourage...

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That's why God invented podcasts. Night listening is interesting enough to distract me from my worries (once I've written down any brilliant thoughts...

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Fetterman says that he's going to return the $5,000 contribution which Menendez gave to his campaign.

His staff say it will be returned...

[TomF]

As I'm long off the market, I've got to say that I don't feel enormous dismay.

[TomF]

Bloody hell. I really liked Fitz, and it's very sad to realize that I won't be seeing more of his thoughts....

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I'm grateful that there's an official thread....

[TomF]

Reporters report; it's what they do. I am concerned about the leak, which is only the latest in a series of leaks about confidential things over the...

[TomF]

Again, it seems that Trudeau did not want to make a public statement when he did - and was instead working through a few different versions of diplomatic...