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On Conservatism
These days I seem to identify with the political left almost all the time. This is unusual for me. I don’t consider myself either a liberal or a conservative; what I am is a lapsed Ayn Rand guy who...
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On the Designated Hitter
As you may or may not know, I’m a baseball fan; specifically, a Toronto Blue Jays fan. In baseball fandom, one of the debates that won’t go away is the argument about should there or should there not...
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On Blues-Rock
I don’t usually have the regular use of a car, but for various reasons I do at the moment, and so I’m listening to the radio more than I normally do. Here in Ottawa I haven’t found a radio station I...
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On “Harry Potter” and Wizard’s Hall
So recently I read someplace about a book called Wizard’s Hall, by Jane Yolen. Yolen seems to think her book was an unacknowledged influence on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series, of which you may...
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On Naming Teams
So my eldest son, Thing One, plays Little League baseball. Which is awesome. But I would like to say two words about the shameful lack of imagination that prevails when it comes time to name the teams....
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On Encyclopedia Brown: the Bugs Meany Introductions
Every now and then I like to provide a valuable resource for those of us who consult the internet for things, when I can think of one, and I’ve thought of one. You may or may not be familiar with the...
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On The 13 Clocks
I haven’t updated this website in quite a while. I am still writing. Not as often as I’d like, but I am still writing. Here’s something that I realized recently. And for all I know, I’m the only one...
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On the Toronto Blue Jays: The Short Term
Sometimes a baseball team is in a position where it should make moves for the short term. Sometimes it’s in a position where it should make moves for the long term. Sometimes it can do either or both....
View ArticleIf I Ran the Christmas Countdown
A few years ago, I counted down my top 25 Christmas songs. I’ve expanded the list a lot since then, and changed it, and this is what it looks like now. It’ll probably change again next year. Note that...
View ArticleOn Donald Trump and Placing the Blame
Donald Trump is set to become President of the United States in a couple of weeks. This, obviously, is a problem (isn’t the whole point of politics supposed to be to keep guys like Trump out of...
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