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Vaccination Investigation
Robert Kennedy Jr. Perhaps the only positive thing President Donald Trump has done in his short time in office is to create a committee...
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Apr 10, 20173 min read
To Bomb or not to Bomb, That Was the Question
Bashar al-Assad What to make of President Trump’s decision last week to launch a missile strike against Syria? That question has garnered...
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Mar 24, 20172 min read
Supreme Stonewall
Chuck Schumer Okay, the Republican health-care bill is dead. The big thing now is the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court....
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Mar 21, 20172 min read
Unhealthy Politics
Be wary of Health Sciences Institute, an outfit that promotes dietary supplements and dispenses alternative medical advice. I have no...
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Mar 7, 20172 min read
It’s elementary, my dear Watson.
The Grammar Grouch is more dyspeptic than usual today. The thing which has him in high dudgeon is that totally, woefully, abysmally wrong...
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Feb 19, 20174 min read
Parting Company
President Donald Trump Last week, I heard on National Public Radio a discussion about the strife among friends and family engendered by...
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Feb 11, 20173 min read
The English Connection
Have I become a more astute writer in the past decade or so, or has the writing community become more sloppy? Did I in decades past make...
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Jan 31, 20173 min read
Feet to the Fire
Marco Rubio I became a member of Palm Beach Indivisibles this week, and at least some of us wrote a letter to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a...
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Jan 22, 20173 min read
Rhymy Ryan-y Valentine Irony
Someone suggested sending a Valentine card to the Wisconsin home of Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the Republican-controlled House, calling...
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Jan 18, 20172 min read
The Week of What Was
This week is a big one for important anniversaries in the Palm Beaches and on a national level, two of them involving assassinations. The...
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Jan 14, 20171 min read
Excuse me?
About a week ago, a letter-to-the-editor in the Palm Beach Post made me laugh out loud. “GOP’s shell game with Obamacare” was the title...
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Jan 3, 20171 min read
Test Post
This is a test of my @#$%^&* WordPress website connection. What a pain. Hasn’t been working right. Let’s see if this connects.
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Dec 30, 20163 min read
Important Only to the Grouch
The subject for discussion today may not seem important, but to The Grammar Grouch, it certainly is annoying. Most important, it’s a...
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Dec 19, 20167 min read
Christmas Chronicle 2016
December 2016 Dear Friends and Family, Leonard Pitts This will be the most un-Christmas-like letter you will ever receive. Because, sorry...
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Dec 15, 20162 min read
Command Performance
This is a bit late, but I have to talk about the great concert I heard Saturday night (Dec. 10) in Lake Worth. The Symphonic Band of the...
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Dec 12, 20162 min read
Move over, men.
I found out Thursday night that it’s no longer a man’s world. And I was pretty happy about it. The Palm Beach County chapter of the...
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Dec 3, 20164 min read
Open Letter to Red State Electors
Dear Elector, President-Elect Donald Trump Our country is on the verge of succumbing to a real threat to our democratic system of...
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Nov 14, 20164 min read
Facebook Feedback
Donald Trump An acquaintance opined on Facebook recently that Donald Trump’s presidency would bring about compliance with the...
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Nov 5, 20165 min read
Black Votes Matter
Hillary Clinton A big factor in whether, or by how much, Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election Tuesday is black voter turnout....
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Oct 15, 20165 min read
The Would-Be Dictator
Donald-Trump This presidential election contest is getting scarier by the day. Not just because of the behavior of one of the candidates,...
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