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Okay, so I was in an airport in Boston maybe 30 years ago, waiting for my plane. I had gone for a job interview, and when it was over, I c...

Many years, someone I knew who had seen The Deer Hunter , Michael Cimino's Oscar-winning film allegory on Vietnam, was asked what it wa...

Wow! It's nearly two months since my last blog post. I have been beset mostly by overwork since then, and it raises a reverse important ...

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