Columns

Tools to gain AI assistance

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Editor’s note — This is part one of a multipart column.

Steve, Joe, me: Meeting Aerosmith

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Editor’s note — This is the fifth and final of a multipart column about the author meeting famous rock and roll stars.

More than a mischief-maker

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While Washington dithers over Hunter Biden’s laptop, threatens impeaching this guy or that, whether to fund our military, social security or the rest of our government, North Korea fastens hypersonic warheads to its ballistic missiles and ups its relationships with China, Russia and Iran, in an “Axis of Authoritarianism.” For those who haven’t noticed, the world stage is full of despotic dictators with regional aspirations of conquest.

Sweetness added to the day

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My husband, Peter, and I landed in Mexico again, and we did what we have done in the past. We bought an enormous cake.

The light of the world

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Many years ago I took a church youth group to Marengo Caves in Indiana. We spent a couple of hours underground touring the caves with lot of twists, turns and smallish places we belly-crawled through. At one point our guide told us of a similar group of tourists back in 1982 who turned a corner and were confronted by a masked gunman on a ledge demanding that they turn over their valuables. They laughed as they assumed it was part of the tour. It wasn’t.

An unexpected encounter with Beck

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Editor’s note — This is the fourth of a multipart column about the author meeting famous rock and roll stars:

The border, Ukraine and Israel

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Do I support U.S. military funding for Ukraine to thwart Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s sovereignty? Yes, I do, unequivocally. Do I regret that the funding of Ukraine’s defense against Putin’s aggression has become a partisan football? Yes, it’s a sad commentary of our times that every and anything that needs serious attention has become zero-sum team politics.

We have more than enough

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My husband, Peter, and I are headed out to Mexico again, and before we do I thought it was a good time of year to check in with some folks I care about to see how 2024 had been treating them so far.

Quality charging cables important

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I know, I know, why would I pick a subject so mundane as charge cables? Well, quality is important, much more important nowadays with fast charging and Power Delivery (PD - see https://go.ttot.link/BHMorePower). Why? Well, let’s get into it.

Legend of James Taylor’s jacket

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Editor’s note — This is the third of a multipart column about meeting famous rock and roll stars: