I always read those cute little lists in Harpers and it dawns on me that I might have one to contribute. Over the years in my AVA column I’ve remarked the replacement of one word for two in modern American usage. For...
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Seen you in the supermarket you and Lily Tomlin got a big hit and leaning in for Hillary I...
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I looked up the origins of “caucus” in the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
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“…Was a matter of timing and the timing was right” –Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul...
Read MoreWe are moving to a smaller house and I’m deciding what not to bring. A drawer in a file cabinet contains leaflets and newspapers from the Vietnam War era. These are destined for a library and I’m taking a last look....
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The New York Times science writer Gina Kolata is the older sister of Judi Bari, but that’s...
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By Fred Gardner O’Shaughnessy’s News Service Thanks to Benson Hausman, MD, for...
Read MoreSlightly condensed from an article in the March 1949 American Legion Magazine by Paul Gardner In mid-summer of 1946 Bill Veeck limped into Cleveland to head up a syndicate which had bought out the 6th place Indians....
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Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather of Sebastopol is an OG among cannabis clinicians. He incorporated the...
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