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The Bookworm Beat 5/13/16 — the “to Trump or not to Trump” edition and open thread

I’ll be away all day tomorrow, first doing an activity with the kids, and then listening to this year’s best a cappella groups (although this wonderful group from Israel won’t be there). I therefore hope that this post gives you lots of interesting stuff to read on Saturday. Pro-Trump?  Anti-Trump?

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The Bookworm Beat 4/6/16 — the “speed blogging” edition and open thread

If there were a speed-blogging competition, my goal would be to win it with this round-up post. I’d meant to blog at length and at leisure today, but life caught up, including a glitch with the bank, which lost the signatures that would enable me to liquidate my mother’s trust.

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“O, Holy Night” — a beautiful song and a stark reminder of the differences between Christianity and Islam

One of the things that makes me crazy when I read through my real-me Facebook feed — which is primarily populated by liberals, given my West Coast upbringing and residence — is the constant insistence that Christianity and Islam are basically the same, with each being equally likely to result

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The Bookworm Beat 12-17-15 — the “speed writing” edition

Are you familiar with speed chess? I learned about it when I was at Cal. Since I worked at the Bancroft Library, I had access to an employee break room. Every day at lunch, two men would sit there, chess board in front of them, timer at their side, and

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The Bookworm Beat 12-12-15 — the “hopeful pessimist” open thread

[This is a long one, good for a cozy read on a winter day.] I’m a pessimist. I’ve learned through experience that most things go wrong, whether in the world or in my life. Still, I never completely lose hope. If I didn’t have hope, frankly, I would stop moving

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Brief thoughts about today’s news #Paris #Islam #Mizzou #terror #Yale

Before I begin, I want to extend my sincerest condolences to the French people. This Mumbai-style attack is terrible and cruel. Having said that, I feel obligated to point out that France, which has expended a great deal of energy trying to appease the Muslim crocodile (including trying to undermine

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The Bookworm Beat 11-5-15 — Guy Fawkes edition, Part 2

I’ve still got a few more things I want to share with you tonight, so consider this Part 2 for the day (with Part 1 here). The coming (and inevitable) Leftist implosion Every time I read a Kevin Williamson article, I like his writing and thinking just a little bit

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