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New England whalers led ‘2nd Great Age of Exploration’
by Barry Hastings (Writer's Note: About half of this story is taken from a story I wrote for the Nantucket Map & Legend in early summer, 1988; the remainder comes…
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Army Bob: What’s so bad about Trump being a populist?
President Donald Trump is being called a populist by a mostly single-minded media. Now a reasonable and prudent person would ask, what is wrong with being a populist? A definition…
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Ranger Rick: Be proud that you helped elect Donald Trump
For the past 30 years, Republicans have been playing defense. Every time there was a complaint about what a party representative or senator did or said, out would come the…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It seems likely we can’t handle the truth
“Here lies David T. Young… Dave tried to tell us the truth. We didn’t want to hear it.” This is what I have told many people over the past three…
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Barry Hastings: I believe President Trump is mentally ill
"No one is such a liar as the indignant Man" — (Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil) by Barry Hastings I see and hear many folks beating around the bush, like…
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Basura: More ‘Sunny Subbing Stories’ — A sort of sequel
“Some days are diamonds, Some days are stones.” — Dick Feller (covered by John Denver) While reading a recent TownBroadcast, I enjoyed the column “Yes It Is, It’s True: A Couple of…
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Army Bob: Leftists turning to ‘prepping’ for disasters
"Trumpocalypse:’ is a term that has been coined by those on the left who are becoming “preppers,” people who prepare for a worst-case scenario, which they believe will come because…
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Yes It is, It’s True: ‘Cabaret’ was a musical with a lesson
“Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana I really don’t like musicals. I’ve always had problems taking seriously stories that had to be…
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Ranger Rick: The long farewell of ex-President Obama
Ex-President Obama (I love that title) gave his farewell address to the public in Chicago on the night of Jan. 10. It was to begin that night, but some folks…
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Barry Hastings: The illegitimate (Russian) candidate
by Barry Hastings What in the world is going on between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? Is it "true love," or does Putin have him (as the old saying goes)…