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We Deserve to Get It, Good and Hard
H.L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore, wouldn’t stand a chance against “cancel culture” in our idiotic Current Year.
Ben Boychuk
Sep 13, 2022
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Is Having Nice Things Impossible Now?
Cracker Barrel adds Impossible™ breakfast sausage to its menu and social media responds . . . well, pretty much exactly as you would expect. But is it a…
Ben Boychuk
Aug 15, 2022
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For Real Though, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
The culture of disorder takes over L.A.’s new 6th Street Bridge. You’ll never guess what happened next.
Ben Boychuk
Aug 4, 2022
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Brother, Can You Raise a Question?
I’m begging you, please.
Ben Boychuk
Sep 7, 2022
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A Drink, a Book, and a Song IV
Toasting Queen Elizabeth II with her favorite cocktail. Flying high with the Aviation. Recalling the magic of Ray Bradbury. And grooving to Sammy Hagar…
Ben Boychuk
Sep 10, 2022
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Trades
Time to bring back shop class? That’s much easier said than done.
Ben Boychuk
Sep 1, 2022
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This Was Supposed To Be The New World!
Happy Election Day, everybody!
Ben Boychuk
Nov 8, 2022
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A Drink, a Book, and a Song VI
Less is more? Sure, let’s go with that.
Ben Boychuk
Sep 23, 2022
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A Drink, a Book, and a Song V
Mixing a Negroni minus the fuss. Reconsidering the “art of clear thinking.” And basking in a Finnish tsunami of sound.
Ben Boychuk
Sep 16, 2022
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A Drink, a Book, and a Song
Inaugurating a weekly feature. How to mix a Jungle Bird. Reading about the rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and fall of Rome. And obsessing over…
Ben Boychuk
Jul 29, 2022
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A Drink, a Book, and a Song III
It’s gin thyme, again. Reading and thinking about libraries and their survival. And why you need “Electrophonic Tonic.”
Ben Boychuk
Aug 26, 2022
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Life Among the ‘Super-Dodgers’
I’m still ’rona-free, as far as I know. But now that Joe Biden has COVID, can we call it a “pandemic of the vaccinated”?
Ben Boychuk
Jul 25, 2022
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