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Who Reads Here
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Aug
25
Over ten years ago I attended a lecture being given at the College of The Bahamas by Eris Moncur. His topic was, not surprisingly (as it was the Quincentennial year), the site of Columbus’ landfall. Now I’m not going to debate that now; anyone who knows Mr Moncur even slightly knows what his [...]
Aug
18
On Waste
August 18, 2003 | Leave a Comment
I come from a line of obsessive-compulsives. I’ve got the tendency on both sides of the family. On one side is a collection of individuals who are probably some of the most meticulous in the world; if anything burns down, gets broken into, or blows up, it’s not going to be their fault. [...]
Aug
11
On the Fourth Estate
August 11, 2003 | Leave a Comment
Last week, I happened to watch a documentary on the Watergate scandal of thirty years ago. Now I remember Watergate. I wasn’t very old, but I was old enough to realize something big was happening; what I wasn’t, was old enough to understand why it was happening.
It was happening because two reporters, who [...]