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The Last Post, For Now

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Paul Knight

As I noted in a recent post, my life has become busier now that I have two paid coaching engagements, so finding the time to blog every day has become difficult. I thought I might simply blog less frequently, but I’ve discovered that without the impetus of coming up with something every day, my motivation has waned.

I published my first post on May 25, 2020, and then posted every day for 240 days. At first I aspired only to write every day, not necessarily finish and post something every day, but blogging daily turned out to be a good way of motivating myself to go to my office and write every morning, even when I had no idea going in what the topic would be. . . .

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Democrats Have Two Years to Show They Can Govern

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 by Paul Knight

There’s an excellent piece by Ezra Klein in yesterday’s New York Times entitled “Democrats, Here’s How to Lose in 2022.” I’m up to my neck in a work project this week, so all I’m doing today is providing a link to that article.

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This Is Millie

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by Paul Knight

Our neighbors’ son is between apartments for a few weeks so he and his girlfriend will be staying at his parents’ house during the interlude. But there’s a wrinkle. Our neighbors have what Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, calls a “red-zone dog,” one who has a vicious antipathy to other dogs. That meant the son and his girlfriend couldn’t bring their dog, Millie, with them when they temporarily moved in with his parents. Knowing that we’ve looked after other people’s dogs in the past, our neighbors asked if we could temporarily take care of Millie. We agreed, and she moved in last night. . . .

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For How Many People Is the Pandemic More a Blessing Than a Curse?

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 by Paul Knight

I wonder how many people have been happier during these last ten months than they were before the pandemic. Some of my close friends are in that category and that’s made me wonder how many others are in the same condition. Of course, there are millions of people for whom the pandemic has been devastating….

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Feeling Good

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 by Paul Knight

It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new life
For me
And I’m feeling good . . .

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Or Should It Be “Whine”

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by Paul Knight

My friend Sarah sent me this picture from England today. (You may need to click the plus sign to see the entire image so you can read the description at the bottom of the label.)

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The Man From Earth

Posted on January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 by Paul Knight

Until last week, the only movie I’d seen that consisted of nothing but one long conversation was My Dinner With Andre, which I saw forty years ago. But this past Thursday I watched a movie made in 2007 called The Man from Earth. . . . If you liked The Twilight Zone, you’ll probably enjoy this movie. . .

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The Shared Delusion of Trump’s Most Ardent Supporters

Posted on January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 by Paul Knight

CNN aired a “special report” yesterday about the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and their aftermath. Even for someone who’s been following the news, the reporting and images were distressing. But for me, the program’s most chilling moment was the scene pictured here from the morning of January 6. . . .

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Will Biden Get Any Cooperation from G.O.P. Senators?

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 by Paul Knight

After Barack Obama was sworn in as president in 2009, Mitch McConnell famously declared that the Republicans’ number one legislative agenda was to ensure that Obama would be a one-term president. The idea was to deny the president any legislative accomplishments. Even when a bipartisan majority in Congress favored a bill, the Republicans would do their best to block it so that Obama could not lay claim to any legislative accomplishments when he ran for re-election in 2012. . . .

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Will The Senate Convict Trump?

Posted on January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 by Paul Knight

I believe it’s possible that enough Republican senators will either vote to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial or absent themselves from the trial in order to reduce the number of senators needed to convict. (The Constitution requires only that two-thirds of senators present for the proceedings vote to convict, not two-thirds of all senators.) . . .

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