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My wife and I have been teaching for 38 years and hope to retire to our house in Poitiers — as soon as we think we can tear ourselves away from our adorable granddaughters.
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We need a SYCOPHANT of the WEEK Award. In the time of Trump, the competitive outpouring of love has become downright entertaining. Today's ass-kissing nominee? Claudia TENNEY (R-NY) who wants Trump's b-day to be a holiday, like Washington's. GW died in 1799, his b-day was honored 90 years later.

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@dhume.bsky.social Your article on Palestinian refugees was deceptive or written out of ignorance. You failed to mention that UN acceptance of the newly-created state of Israel was contingent upon the controversial “right of return.” Rather a glaring omission, I would say.

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@rory-stewart.bsky.social Vance is right in one particular (rather a first for him). E should read the Ordo amoris. I’d completely forgotten it since I had to read Augustine’s The City of God 35 years ago. A key phrase: “ the good make use of the world in order to enjoy God, but the evil (cont.)

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Congratulations to President Trump and Elon Musk. Under their rule, the very capable head of the FAA, Michael Whitaker quit. He knew he would be instantly fired by Elon, the billionaire whiner, for he once had the nerve to investigate a Musk enterprise.

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YES, Donald, the WATER! Your followers think that you can walk on water, but, skeptic that I am, I’d like proof. My advice? Play it safe and wear a bathing suit. Oh, and … cement overshoes.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

News flash: Judges point out that Trump is a liar and a poor loser! What?! Didn’t see that coming! apple.news/AsH5wW-8VSKm...

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Don’t shine us on, you crazy Dimon! Parasitic billionaire (net worth— a mere 2.7 billion!) tells us to suck it up and pay more for everything. It would be good for the 1%.

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@senjoniernst.bsky.social Your lack of principles is saddening. As I tell my students when they show poor judgment, “You can’t lead by following.” Your job as a senator is precisely to serve as the system of checks and balance. Give advice and consent, not rubber-stamped approval. You are weak.

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No, Jim Banks, you gutless MAGA careerist clown, pardoning Cheney doesn’t prove that anyone “knows she’s guilty.” It means that everyone knows that Trump is highly vindictive, and that Congress is full of stooges who’d rather kneel before him than stand up for what is right.

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Read a few viewpoints of foreign reporters who have lived through the erosion of democracy in their recent past. I suppose this resonated with me because I’ve been saying for a decade that the biggest threat to democracy is the replacement of reliable media with …

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Seriously?! Drinking TEA is killing us? It is time to switch to loose-leaf tea and a tea ball. Read this: people.com/teabags-rele...

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What does MAGA mean to me? Mock America’s Gutless Administration.

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The real threat posed by Trump is due to the abject spinelessness of GOP politicians. Even if Trump’s ideas were all the best - as if! - it is disturbing that he and part-time politician (and full-time moron) Musk can browbeat the GOP into rubber stamping every decision. Such careerist cowards!

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My first post. I’ve been really swamped. Here a link to a book you might find interesting, Genocide Bad. www.instagram.com/reel/DDNffEh...

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