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November 2025

Too Much Madness in the World Is Unsustainable
The hapless, hopeless Chicago Bears just beat the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles, and are on a five-game winning streak.
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Jim Freeman
The President Appears to Be Hell-Bent upon Isolating the United States from International Treaties and Memberships
Those include the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Open Skies Treaty, World Health Organization, Paris Climate Agreement, Iran Nuclear Deal, UN…
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Jim Freeman
The Epstein Files Are Yet Another Me-Too Moment
According to the NYTimes, just over 200 powerful men had their lives disrupted or totally ruined by the Me-Too movement.
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Jim Freeman
Dick Cheney’s Fingerprints
I wrote a book with that title fifteen years ago, when Dick was still with us, and his crimes against humanity still fresh in our minds.
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Jim Freeman
When a Couple Hundred Million Is Pocket Change
It’s beutiful, I’ll give you that.
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Jim Freeman
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
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