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Game Stop Fun

Game Stop, I trust you know what I am talking about.  For those who don’t, all you need to know is that it is a bricks and mortar seller of video games and associated paraphernalia.  It had a huge, almost ubiquitous, presence in the malls of America.  Then everything moved online. Streaming became the norm. […]

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A Reminder from Berlin

Sorting out my old bookshelves I came across an old Isaiah Berlin Essay “The Pursuit of the Ideal”.  At the risk of being boring here is a very long extract, he begins the essay this way: “There are, in my view, two factors that, above all others, have shaped human history in this century.  One is […]

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Memo to Self

This is short: I have been accused recently of mis-using the word “coup” when I discuss the events of January 6th.  Worse, I have been called ignorant. Here is what the dictionary says: Coup = a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Perhaps my critics would feel safer with “insurrection” which […]

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