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I try to be amused…
“I try to be amused” is usually about history’s loud barking in today’s headlines, a little sports, a touch of cultural crankiness, etc.
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The Madmen May Change, But The Headlines Don’t
Some things in history do repeat themselves History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes. Mark Twain originally wrote that. Or not. This being the post-truth age, his authorship, too, has been questioned. But some things in history do repeat themselves…