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Online winners and losers

The past month has distinguished the nimble retailers from the sluggards, No? Here’s my totally subjective list of winners and losers in the Wake Forest, North Carolina, area. Ace Hardware — Totally inept. They are aware that some retailers are … Continue reading

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U.P. daydreams

I’ve spent much of the afternoon idly daydreaming about the next visit to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where I went to college and probably won’t be able to visit this summer because of the pandemic. Naturally, that means going through the … Continue reading

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Trump blames coronavirus on Obama

You knew this was coming, right? President Donald Trump once again tried to blame his predecessor for not creating a test for the novel coronavirus, which did not exist in humans until mere months ago. While talking with reporters, Trump … Continue reading

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Bogus morality

The Catholic League’s Bill Donohue goes off on a riff today about religion as the source of morality. Society prospers morally when we have more religious persons, not less. This does not mean that all atheists are immoral or that … Continue reading

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Quote for the day

It is time to recognize reality. The Bible-thumpers, reactionaries, racists, and miscellaneous paranoid morons comprising Red America are not our fellow countrymen. They voted for Trump largely because he would “own the libs” and inflict pain on us. They are … Continue reading

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