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New England

Ted Kennedy passes on

August 26, 2009

Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away yesterday. The New York Times talks about his last few months: But the senator’s condition took a turn Tuesday night and a priest — the Rev. Patrick Tarrant of Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Mass. — was called to his bedside. Mr. Kennedy spent his last hours [...]

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What I didn’t know about curling before…

April 10, 2005

Spent some time last night at the Cape Cod Curling Club along with the sidekick and friends watching another friend curl… What I didn’t know before is that Curling is really another name for sitting about kibitzing and drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Scotch, preferably. And since I adore scotch, the Sidekick was told repeatedly, [...]

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It’s Still Coming Down

January 23, 2005

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New Bedford Buries Five Fishermen

January 2, 2005

New Bedford, Massachusetts, just twenty miles from my home, buried five of their own last week in the worst loss of a fishing vessel in nearly fifteen years: Five fishermen lost at sea when their boat capsized in a storm were remembered as heroes Sunday in a memorial service that also touched on the question [...]

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Respect

October 30, 2004

My first Presidential election that I was eligible to vote in was in 1992. I openly supported – and campaigned for – Bill Clinton and Al Gore. I rapidly became disillusioned with the Clinton/Gore administration – first because of their broken campaign promises in some social areas – later because of their attacks on gun [...]

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