The title of my upcoming memoir cites in its title the three guideposts of my life: Friendship, Inquisitiveness and Maturation. This podcast centers on friendship, and the other two facets are natural

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As I sit here on February 27, 2021 watching the horrific attack unleashed by Putin on Ukraine, I am thinking of an amazingly peaceful man who can hear the troops coming out when he plays the piano.

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Everybody knows Massachusetts is a blue state. Its been a blue state for a long time. Can anyone explain why that is? Is there anything about baseball as played at Fenway Park that throws light on th

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