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Raging toward a second act
Read more: Raging toward a second actDespite the impeachment imbroglio, Trump’s re-election chances remain strong. My Polish-born mother swore by two pet theories: that death might ignore you if you never mentioned its existence aloud and that poor vision would improve with age. So steadfast was she in these convictions that they eventually came to vex…
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Get help!
Read more: Get help!When in doubt, or distracted, stock up… Many of my friends and acquaintances are in some form of psychotherapy. Most are Americans between 20 and 40, though their ages matter less than workplace woes, low self-esteem, undone relationships, and, social media aside, a sense of isolation. Some suffer from a…
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The local mind
Read more: The local mind“Mente locale” can lead to all manner of reflection, and discovery. Early into what would become a lengthy Rome sojourn I asked a man standing alone at a bus stop for directions to where I was going. I was lost amid bus lines and tram tracks and trying to find…
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A few basic words
Read more: A few basic wordsNot yet in full adolescent bloom, sex was a rumour heavy on odd stories. At age 12, grazed by the early scintilla of puberty, I summoned the courage to ask my father about sex, which I summed up in a single word that I intended as “girls” but sounded much…
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Irreversible
Read more: IrreversibleUnplug anything that depends on impulses, eyes included, and the game’s up. Smartphones and human eyes share a common downside; they both require power sources. For the eyes, that source is neuro-cellular and ostensibly constant. For the phone, it’s a banal re-charging cradle linked to a power outlet. Vision is…
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Expressions are served
Read more: Expressions are servedNothing likes hot expressions from the state of Maple to please a young boy’s heart. When I was five and a half and had just arrived in the United States, I was one morning summarily accused of having risen on the wrong side of the bed. This jarring j’accuse came from an…
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