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Can The Worlds of Math and Literature Exist in Harmony?

This sounds like a boring subject but I promise to try and keep your attention. In order to help you better understand my own relationship with math, let’s just say that simply toting up the tip for my lunch order is generally beyond my capability. Consequently, and because I worked as a carhop and waitress in high school, I always lean toward excessive and generous…

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Should Americans consider voting for Nikki Haley for President in 2024?

American Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested that all candidates over the age of seventy-five running for political office should undergo a mandatory mental competence test. It was my husband who brought this gem to my attention—the same over seventy-five-year-old guy who asks me several times a day what day it is! Now, we all know that implementing such a policy is not only ageist…

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Why is negative population growth a bad thing?

The so-called experts are abuzz these days about the dangers of declining populations around the world. Italy has a dearth of bambinos. For some reason, the people in Scandinavian countries are not doing what Scandinavia is famous for. Even without the heavy hand of Mao’s guidelines, China is succumbing to declining fertility rates that threaten to reduce the number of democratic voters putting their X…

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Have Harry and Meghan overplayed the pity card?

I try to avoid writing about celebrity culture because it’s a boring and superficial subject but after watching the first four episodes of Harry and Meghan on Netflix, I thought I would toss out my opinion for what it’s worth. Every family, every business enterprise, and every institution that ever existed has behind-the-scenes problems. Some are political; some involve personality conflicts. There are philosophical, fiscal,…

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The Christmas card dilemma. Should I or shouldn’t I?

When boomers were growing up in the 50s and 60s, Christmas cards were a big deal. It was not uncommon for our mothers to send and receive more than a hundred cards with scenes of sparkly Christmas villages, sparkly stockings hung by the chimney with care, sparkly lampposts festooned with holly and poinsettias, and back in the pre-political correctness days, lots of Santa Clauses distributing…

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