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On the Subject of Communal Restaurant Tables, Do as the Italians Do
A recent Guardian UK article tackled the subject of communal dining in public restaurants and, as is the custom today, delivered it up as a controversy…
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Jim Freeman
A Presidency Sinks Because of Its Own Stupidity
There is no other way to describe it.
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Jim Freeman
Hanging My Emotional Laundry Out to Dry
That’s how I think of these occasional conversations we share.
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Jim Freeman
We’ve Finally Tickled the Earth, and She Is Laughing.
Mankind, old comedian that he is, will do most anything for a laugh and, apparently, tickled the ribs of Mother Earth, where she had previously failed…
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Jim Freeman
It’s Sunday, and I Spent Most of Today Combobulating
Mostly, we humans don’t spend enough time doing that, instead, running around in a constant state of discombobulation.
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Jim Freeman
Not to Worry About the Orange Man’s Moves at the White House
She’s a sturdy old lady, The People’s House, and has changed many times throughout her history.
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Jim Freeman
Seven Tech Companies Now Account for More than a Third of the Value of the S&P 500 and Trade at Prices 70 Times Higher than Their Earnings…
And the more conservative view is that we are witnessing an AI bubble that may bring Wall Street to its knees.
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Jim Freeman

October 2025

I Am Now a Proud Member of the One Percent
No, no, not that one percent.
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Jim Freeman
I Don’t Care If It Rains or Freezes, as Long as I Got My AI Jesus
In a hilarious juxtaposition of all things doable with artificial intelligence, certain human interpretations seem to have slid off the rails.
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Jim Freeman
Competitive Authoritarianism, an All-Too-Fancy Name for Putting Your Thumb on the Scales
Shakespear’s ‘what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive’ comes to mind when I am presented with a tongue-twister that quite…
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Jim Freeman
In a Nation of Law, What the Hell Does ‘Presidential Immunity’ Even Mean?
It’s become a meaningless mantra: “no one is above the law, not even the president.” We say it and say it and say it, but no one enforces it against…
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Jim Freeman
What’s All This About Trump’s Administration Being Organized, Ruthless, and Proving Extremely Effective at Implementing Their Agenda?
So say a number of national newspapers, but it’s less than half the story.
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Jim Freeman
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