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The unending men
Read more: The unending menIs there a tonic to make the 80-year-old feel 15 again? Who dies of quaint old age in this live-forever century? Those who half a century ago looked at modern medicine and made it dance to the tune of actuarial tables, modestly forecasting an “aging population,” had no idea of…
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For what it’s worth
Read more: For what it’s worthThere is but one word to hand over to both the protesting students and those few professors who have rallied to protect them: brave. The war in Gaza presents critical thinkers with keen and complex dilemmas, many brought to the fore by fierce anti-Israel student protests in New York City…
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No solace in yesteryears
Read more: No solace in yesteryearsDuring the 1982 Falklands War, a British submarine sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, costing the lives of 323 crew. Nostalgia is a congenital liar. It makes gilded that which was not. I take as examples my seventy-something Italian friends who — still smarting from the effects of a globe-stopping…
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Gull talk
Read more: Gull talkDuring the months of June and July, seagulls visit the city of Rome. Italk to the birds at night. These are laughing gulls that comb the beaches of the Mediterranean coastline lapping against Rome. The gulls come in waves during the months of June and July to lay eggs and…
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Bulletproof
Read more: BulletproofA raised fist to show the crowd that Donald Trump is not so easily put down. In his near-desperate quest to regain the American presidency Donald Trump differs from many of his predecessors. He not only adores campaigning but lives for the adulation it confers. The crowd has a thrilling…
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Lunatic campaign
Read more: Lunatic campaignKamala Harris, woman of the moment. Half a trip to the American lunatic fringe came with Donald Trump’s unlikely flirtation with the idea of running for president nearly a decade ago. Now the second installment of the overall lunacy is here with withdrawal of the man who beat him when…
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